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Findus Group acquires leading frozen potato brand

27 February 2014

Findus Group, one of Europe’s leading frozen food producers, has announced the expansion of its operations into Belgium, via the acquisition of the Lutosa branded retail business.

The Lutosa brand, specialises in high quality French fries and specialty potato products - and accounts for some 15% of the Belgian retail frozen potato market.
 
Lutosa, which produces potato wedges, croquettes and rösti as well as French fries, is a small but important acquisition for Findus Group. As well as providing a platform and presence in Belgium, Lutosa offers synergies with Findus Group’s operations in the adjacent market of France. Findus Group’s approach to Belgium, with the acquisition of a local brand’s license with the strategy of eventually rebranding to Findus, mirrors the Group’s 2011 expansion into Spain via the acquisition of the Frudesa and Findus brands there.

Findus Group CEO, James Hill, said: “We are determined to grow our business and this acquisition gives us two new ways to do so: we can bring our broader expertise into the Belgian market and we can leverage the famed qualities of Belgian potatoes and frites elsewhere.”

Lutosa retail, previously part of the much larger PinguinLutosa group, had been put up for sale as a condition of European competition authorities’ clearance for that group’s acquisition by McCain.
 


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