Global Industry: Orkla agrees to purchase Easyfood

Hamburg. (bm) Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Orkla Foods Danmark A/S, Norway’s Orkla ASA has entered into an agreement to purchase 90 percent of the shares in Easyfood A/S, a Danish producer of bread-based convenience products for the out-of-home channel. Easyfood currently has 144 employees. The company’s headquarters, warehouse and production facilities are located in Kolding, Denmark, where the business was established in 2000. Other topics of the week:

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