Lidas, a Romanian bakery headquartered in Tulcea, is opening a frozen pastry factory. It is an investment of EUR 46 million, half of which is state aid. When it opens in March, the facility located 270 km away from Bucharest will be one of the largest frozen pastry factories in Southeast Europe.
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Ferrero Group acquired Fresystem, the Italian company that specializes in frozen bakery goods and is behind the Cupiello brand, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to close in the upcoming months.
McDonald’s plans to open 1,900 new locations in 2023. More than 400 will be in the U.S. and its international markets, including Germany, Canada, France, Australia, Canada, and the UK, Yahoo Finance reports.
French pastry-mix maker Cérélia will have to divest the Jus-Rol business, which it acquired from General Mills, as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that the merger hinders the competition among the UK’s retailers and, potentially, the end-consumers who might experience increased prices.
Greggs signed a multi-million-pound contract with Edinburgh-based Business Stream, one of the UK’s largest water retailers. As part of the latest three-year deal, Business Stream will provide water and wastewater services to Greggs’ nine UK manufacturing sites and over 1,400 shops.
Gruppo Morato bought Harry’s Restauration from Barilla, expanding its presence on the French market. Harry’s Restauration is running a plant that produces hamburger buns in Gauchy, northern France.
Finsbury Food Group bought confectionery maker Lees Foods Ltd. for GBP 5.7 million. Lees Foods was founded in 1931 and employs over 200 people at its site in North Lanarkshire.
Swiss companies Cetravac and bakeXperts will develop solutions together starting this year, under the leadership of bakeXperts – the manufacturer of the UDO vacuum shop oven.
Thomas Isaksson was appointed as the new Executive Vice President and Head of Lantmännen Cerealia starting March 1, 2023. He succeeds Magnus Kagevik, who has held the position in an acting role since August 2022.
Waitrose supermarket removed all Warburtons products from its shelves, citing that product performance issues, according to reports. In response, Warburtons issued a statement highlighting the quality of their products, a first priority for the bakery.