Ireland’s East Coast Bakehouse acquired by Danish biscuit maker Bisca

Ireland’s East Coast Bakehouse has been snapped up by Danish cakes and biscuit shaper Bisca.

East Coast Bakehouse, which is based successful Drogheda, County Louth, volition go a “standalone” subsidiary of Bisca’s planetary business, according to a statement.

Financial presumption of the deal, which becomes effectual from contiguous (1 May), were not disclosed.

The Irish concern was acceptable up successful 2016. It produces its ain brands - The Bakehouse and The Home of Irish Biscuits - and backstage statement for large retailers successful the UK and Ireland specified arsenic Tesco, Asda and the discounter Lidl.

Exporting to 15 markets, East Coast Bakehouse is besides a co-manufacturer operating retired of its azygous mill successful Drogheda adjacent Dublin.

Kristian Walsøe, the CEO of Bisca, said: “East Coast Bakehouse’s products are an fantabulous acceptable with our portfolio and complement what we already offer. They person a beardown beingness successful Ireland and the UK, portion we person a coagulated presumption successful the Nordics and Northern Europe, creating a beardown combined geographic footprint.

“At the aforesaid time, they run a modern and well-established accumulation set-up that we tin physique upon.”

Bisca is owned by the Danish private-equity steadfast Erhvervsinvest, which acquired the concern successful 2024 from Norwegian nutrient radical Scandza.

The shaper of cakes, cookies and biscuits traces its roots to 1890 and has a royal warrant successful Denmark. Its brands see Karen Volf, Karen’s Bakery, All successful One and Mon.

Bisca claims to beryllium a “market leader” successful Denmark and supplies markets successful the Nordics, Northern Europe and North America.

“We are delighted to squad up with Bisca, who were from the aboriginal stages identified arsenic an perfect caller strategical spouse to assistance support and accelerate the breathtaking maturation momentum down East Coast Bakehouse,” David Carey, the company’s main commercialized officer, said successful the statement.

“The woody volition bring caller opportunities and caller measurement to our concern and our retail and proviso partners.”

East Coast Bakehouse volition clasp the installation successful Drogheda, with Bisca-Erhvervsinvest to supply “new concern to money and accelerate aboriginal growth”.

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