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Italian confectionery and biscuit manufacturer Ferrero is amplifying its ownership of the sweet biscuit market with the acquisition of the Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodger maker.
By Edward Devlin2021-06-01T09:43:00+01:00
The takeover will see Burton’s and Fox’s finally under the same ownership
Ferrero has swooped for Burton’s Biscuits in a deal that finally brings together Fox’s and the Jammie Dodgers maker.
The acquisition – for an undisclosed price – adds to the Italian confectionery giant’s growing biscuits empire following the takeover of Fox’s in 2020, Belgian brand Delacre in 2016 and Danish manufacturer Kelsen in 2019.
All of these biscuit deals, including Burton’s, took place outside of the main Ferrero group and were struck by Giovanni Ferrero’s Belgium-based family holding office CTH.
/PRNewswire/ A Ferrero-related Company today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Burton s Biscuit Company ("Burton s") from.
(Bloomberg) Ferrero SpA, the Italy-based chocolatier, has agreed to buy U.K. biscuit maker Burton’s Biscuit Co. from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
As part of the deal, a Ferrero-related company will take over six production facilities in the U.K.