ARYZTA opened its first Western Australian bakery in Perth on August 26. This is an investment of over EUR 40 million. The new factory should generate between 110 and 130 local jobs, ARYZTA anticipates.

The construction of the new facility began in 2023 in the Peel Business Park outside Perth and is now fully operational. The new facility will be largely powered by a local renewable microgrid. It was completed within budget and on time, the company highlights, and will contribute to its 2026 – H2 organic growth and profit.

The Perth facility started manufacturing products for the Australian QSR sector. The new Perth bakery will significantly enhance ARYZTA’s ESG credentials in Australia by removing an estimated 1.7 million food miles currently involved in transporting bakery items to customers in Western Australia from ARYZTA’s existing two facilities in New South Wales and Victoria.

The investment will also lower ARYZTA’s local carbon footprint by over 700 tons of CO2 annually. In addition, the availability of high-quality local raw materials from Western Australia will minimise food miles and enhance sustainability further.

Western Australia’s business development agency (DevelopmentWA) provided economic support in the form of investment-ready industrial land and infrastructure to attract the food industry and generate local employment opportunities.

ARYZTA AG Chairman and Interim Group CEO Urs Jordi commented: “The new Perth bakery endorses ARYZTA’s commitment to strengthen the core by investing in organic growth in a sustainable way. It also reflects ARYZTA’s strong customer focus in this very attractive growth market for bakery products.”

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