Manufacturer of frozen and convenience bakery products for food service, retail and quick-service restaurants

ARYZTA AG

Schlieren/Zurich (CH)New on Amplifa

1897Roots (founding of IAWS)

2008Merger to form Aryzta AG

~20,000Employees

~3.4 bn CHFRevenue

53 sites in 29 countriesProduction sites

About Aryzta

ARYZTA AG is a publicly listed Swiss frozen and convenience bakery group headquartered in Schlieren near Zurich. The company produces frozen bakery products and convenience items and supplies food service, retail and quick-service restaurants, including McDonald's, for whom Aryzta supplies burger buns. The group operates 53 production sites in 29 countries across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Well-known brands include Delice de France, La Brea Bakery, Cuisine de France, Shamrock Foods and Hubert. Aryzta was formed in 2008 from the merger of Swiss Hiestand Holding with the Irish IAWS Group and traces its roots back to the Irish co-operative organisation founded in 1897. With revenue of around 3.4 billion Swiss francs and almost 20,000 employees, the group ranks among the 500 largest companies in Switzerland.

Site: Schlieren/Zurich, Switzerland
Processes: Frozen and convenience bakery products, Supply to food service, retail and quick-service restaurants, Bakery supply for McDonald's (burger buns)
Materials: Frozen bakery products, Convenience bakery products, Sourdough/specialty breads
Founded: 2008 (merg
Employees: ~20,000
Industries: Food Service, Retail, Quick-Service Restaurants, Frozen Bakery Products

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Bakery production
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Freezing and convenience processing
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Distribution to food service, retail and quick-service restaurants

Products and Brands

Frozen bakery products

Core product range supplied to food service and quick-service restaurants.

Convenience bakery products

Finished products for retail and gastronomy.

Sourdough/specialty breads

Specialty bread production, among others at the Grange Castle site in Dublin.

Sites

Schlieren/Zurich

Group headquarters

Industries

Food ServiceRetailQuick-Service RestaurantsFrozen Bakery Products

Additional services

Frozen and convenience bakery productsSupply to food service, retail and quick-service restaurantsBakery supply for McDonald's (burger buns)

Reference customers

McDonald's (via Fresh Start Bakeries)

History

1897
Founded as Irish Co-Operative Agricultural Agency Society (January); renamed Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society (IAWS) in December
1988
Initial listing on the Irish stock exchange
1997
Acquisition of Cuisine de France
2001
Acquisition of La Brea Bakery
2007
Spin-off of the agricultural activities as Origin Enterprises plc
2008
Merger with Hiestand Holding AG to form Aryzta AG; listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Irish stock exchange from 22 August
2010
Acquisition of Fresh Start Bakeries and Great Kitchens (USA)
2013
Acquisition of the German frozen bakery manufacturer Klemme for €280 million
2014
Acquisition of Pineridge Bakery (Canada) and Cloverhill Bakery (USA) for €730 million
2015
Acquisition of Fornetti Group (Hungary); sale of the 68% stake in Origin
2018
Sale of the Big Texas and Cloverhill brands to Hostess Brands; divestment of the stake in Signature Flat Breads
2019
Sale of the 43% stake in Picard Surgelés to Groupe Zouari (€156 million); sale of Delice de France to management
2020
Activists take control of the board at the extraordinary general meeting
2021
Sale of the Brazil business to Grupo Bimbo and of the North America business to Lindsay Goldberg (USD 850 million); delisting from Euronext Dublin; sale of the Swiss sandwich business to Hilcona (Bell)
2022
Doubling of bakery capacity in Malaysia through the acquisition of De-Luxe Food Services
2023
Doubling of sourdough/specialty bread production capacity in UK/Ireland (Grange Castle, Dublin)