The Compleat Food Group Snaps Up Freshpak

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UK-based The Compleat Food Group has made different acquisition, snapping up section sandwich-filling shaper Freshpak for an undisclosed sum.

Freshpak, owned by Sun European Partners since 2016, supplies private-label food-to-go products, deli fillers and poached eggs, successful summation to providing ovum processing services.

The business operates retired of a 40,000m² accumulation installation successful Barnsley, South Yorkshire and employs astir 500 people. In 2024, it recorded revenues of £93m ($125m).

Its products are sold by awesome UK supermarket chains including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and The Co-op. The institution besides supplies nan foodservice sector.

In a statement, The Compleat Food Group described nan woody arsenic a “strategic” measurement towards becoming nan UK’s “number one” shaper of chilled prepared foods.

Acquiring Freshpak will adhd “new capabilities” successful ovum processing, helping it respond to what it described arsenic a “growing” request for protein-rich and health-focused nutrient options, The Compleat Food Group added.

CEO Nick Field said: “Its [Freshpak] market-leading position successful added-value ovum products, deli fillers and chilled food-to-go is simply a cleanable complement to our existing portfolio, allowing america to widen our capacity and class activity domiciled to present further worth and class maturation pinch our existing partners, whilst besides opening up caller opportunities successful some unit and foodservice.” 

The acquisition is expected to summation The Compleat Food Group’s yearly turnover to much than £1.3bn and boost its workforce to complete 6,000 employees.

In March, nan institution purchased The Real Yorkshire Pudding Co., which supplies some own-label and branded chilled Yorkshire puddings.

Last twelvemonth besides saw The Compleat Food Group return complete SK Foods and Zorba Foods – businesses progressive successful private-label chilled statement foods, dips, and deli fillings – on pinch Harvey & Brockless, a shaper and supplier of nutrient products.

The Compleat Food Group was formed successful 2021 erstwhile private-equity proprietor – Paris-headquartered PAI Partners – merged its UK portfolio companies Winterbotham Darby and Addo Food Group, which it had bought nan twelvemonth before.

The group’s operations span categories including baked equipment specified arsenic pies and quiches, sausages, positive deli items for illustration olives, antipasti and pickles. Its marque portfolio includes Pork Farms, Wall’s Pastry, Squeaky Bean, Unearthed and Vadasz.

In January, it was announced The Compleat Food Group had drawn up plans to trim nan number of jobs astatine a pie-making installation successful Nottingham successful England’s eastbound Midlands.

A institution spokesperson said nan move was nan consequence of a “comprehensive reappraisal of acold pastry volume” astatine nan site.