Lantmännen Cerealia's divestment of Gooh is completed
Lantmännen Cerealia announced the divestment to Atria Sweden at the end of February. The transaction has now been completed and the ready-to-eat business area, including the Gooh brand, is now fully owned by Atria Sweden.
The background to the divestment is to focus the operations of Lantmännen Cerealia on the grain value chain.
Gooh has belonged to Lantmännen since its inception in the early 2000s and has developed tremendously over the years. Today, Gooh serves around 5 million dishes annually through sales channels covering the entire Sweden.
The transaction, which was completed at the beginning of May, involves the sale of all shares in the newly formed company Atria Gooh AB. All 65 employees have joined in the transfer.
"We would like to extend a big thank you to all our employees who have worked in the ready meals business area and who have been part of Gooh's journey within Lantmännen. We see Atria Sweden as a competent and long-term owner, where Gooh fits well into the ambitions and future plans for the convenience food segment. This provides exciting opportunities for the employees, something that is important to us," says Thomas Isaksson, CEO of Lantmännen Cerealia.
For more information, please contact:
Emelie Bontesse de Filippis, Head of Communications, Lantmännen Cerealia
Tel: +46 10 556 98 21
E-mail: emelie.bontesse@lantmannen.com
Lantmännen's Press Office
Tel: +46 10 556 88 00
E-mail: press@lantmannen.com
About Lantmännen
Lantmännen is an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food products. Owned by 18,000 Swedish farmers, we have 12,000 employees, operations in over 20 countries and an annual turnover of approximately SEK 70 billion. With grain at the heart of our operations, we refine arable land resources to make farming thrive. Some of our best-known food brands are AXA, Kungsörnen, Scan, GoGreen, FINN CRISP, Schulstad and Vaasan. Our company is founded on the knowledge and values acquired through generations of farmers. With research, development and operations throughout the value chain, together we take responsibility from field to fork. For more information: www.lantmannen.com
