Key Points According to one media outlet, a private-equity firm is preparing a $3 billion offer for Treehouse Foods. Treehouse Foods has not made any announcement acknowledging an offer. The company looks like an attractive target for a buyout firm. 10 stocks we like better than TreeHouse Foods › Shares of Treehouse Foods (NYSE: THS), a manufacturer of private-label snacks and beverages, jumped on news that private equity firm Investindustrial was preparing an offer for the company. As of 2:39 p ...