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* Oct.1997: {{em|Liebig Maille Amora:}} Danone divested some of its grocery operations. [[Liebig]] (Benelux), France's best-selling liquid soup, was sold to the [[Campbell Soup Company]]; and Amora-Maille (the sauces, pasta and ready-prepared food businesses) to a private equity consortium led by Paribas Affaires Industrielles (''[[BNP Paribas SA]]'s PE arm, now [[PAI Partners SAS]]''), Lazard Freres & Company and Finance & Investors.<ref name="nyt-1997.10.10">{{Src|ref|date=Oct.10.1997|title=Campbell to Acquire French Soup Concern.|website=The New York Times|name=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/business/campbell-to-acquire-french-soup-concern.html}}</ref><ref name="wsj-1997.10.10">{{Src|ref|date=Oct.10.1997|title=Danone to Sell Some Units To Paribas and Campbell.|website=The Wall Street Journal|name=Amy Barrett|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB876428529507240000}}</ref> Amora-Maille was run for three years as a private business.
 
* Oct.1997: {{em|Liebig Maille Amora:}} Danone divested some of its grocery operations. [[Liebig]] (Benelux), France's best-selling liquid soup, was sold to the [[Campbell Soup Company]]; and Amora-Maille (the sauces, pasta and ready-prepared food businesses) to a private equity consortium led by Paribas Affaires Industrielles (''[[BNP Paribas SA]]'s PE arm, now [[PAI Partners SAS]]''), Lazard Freres & Company and Finance & Investors.<ref name="nyt-1997.10.10">{{Src|ref|date=Oct.10.1997|title=Campbell to Acquire French Soup Concern.|website=The New York Times|name=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/business/campbell-to-acquire-french-soup-concern.html}}</ref><ref name="wsj-1997.10.10">{{Src|ref|date=Oct.10.1997|title=Danone to Sell Some Units To Paribas and Campbell.|website=The Wall Street Journal|name=Amy Barrett|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB876428529507240000}}</ref> Amora-Maille was run for three years as a private business.
 
Post-sale, the grocery portfolio comprised Nepal (very profitable dietetic products for children and adults); HP Foods Ltd (Lea & Perrins, HP and Daddies sauces); Italian Star (broths, tomato sauce), owned 50/50 with the Fossati family; the frozen and fresh products under the Marie brand; the German leader in pasta BSB; and Italian La Famila (pasta).[https://www.lesechos.fr/1997/10/danone-cede-son-epicerie-et-se-recentre-sur-trois-poles-821810 ref] WP:HP Foods,  
 
Post-sale, the grocery portfolio comprised Nepal (very profitable dietetic products for children and adults); HP Foods Ltd (Lea & Perrins, HP and Daddies sauces); Italian Star (broths, tomato sauce), owned 50/50 with the Fossati family; the frozen and fresh products under the Marie brand; the German leader in pasta BSB; and Italian La Famila (pasta).[https://www.lesechos.fr/1997/10/danone-cede-son-epicerie-et-se-recentre-sur-trois-poles-821810 ref] WP:HP Foods,  
In the following years, the company sold more than half of its grocery activities and all of the confectionery: Panzani, Marie to Uniq. And finally, La Pie qui Chante, Carambar and Vandamme to Cadbury.
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In the following years, the company sold more than half of its grocery activities and all of the confectionery: Panzani, Marie to [[Uniq plc]]. And finally, La Pie qui Chante, Carambar and Vandamme to [[Cadbury]].
 
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* Liebig Maille Amora: Danone decided to bring together Segma Liebig Maille and Amora into a single company. William Saurin, Amora, Liebig, Carambar, the Magpie Qui Chante, Maille-Amora sauces and condiments.
 
* Liebig Maille Amora: Danone decided to bring together Segma Liebig Maille and Amora into a single company. William Saurin, Amora, Liebig, Carambar, the Magpie Qui Chante, Maille-Amora sauces and condiments.

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Liebig has a single factory in France, in Le Pontet, which employs 104 people. 6

  • May.2019: GB Foods SA,[1] a Spanish food company, acquired 100% of the Continental Foods business from CVC Capital Partners. The deal included the entire portfolio of culinary local brands, such as Liebig, Royco, D&L, Erasco and Blå Band, among others, plus the five production facilities located in Puurs, Belgium; Le Pontet and Lievin, France; and Lübeck and Kaltenkirchen, Germany.[1] gallinablancastar.comArchive-org-sm.svg, HistoryArchive-org-sm.svg, thegbfoods.com

Continental Foods was established in 1933 as a division of the Campbell Soup Company

  • Jan.2001: Oxo: Campbell Soup Company purchased several market-leading soup and sauce businesses in Europe from Unilever plc, which became part of its Continental Foods unit. The businesses included “Oxo” bouillon cubes in the UK; three instant dry soup brands: “Batchelors” in the UK, “Royco” in France and Belgium, and “Heisse Tasse” in Germany. The transaction also included additional businesses in Belgium, France, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands.[3] continentalfoods.euArchive-org-sm.svg

  • 2000: The Maille and Amora ooperations were sold to Unilever.
  • 2000: Maille was bought by Unilever.

  • 1999: Amora-Maille was sold to Unilever.

https://www.lesechos.fr/1997/10/danone-cede-son-epicerie-et-se-recentre-sur-trois-poles-821810https://www.unileverusa.com/news/press-releases/2011/unilever-announces-reorganization-to-futher-drive-growth.html

  • Oct.1997: Liebig Maille Amora: Danone divested some of its grocery operations. Liebig (Benelux), France's best-selling liquid soup, was sold to the Campbell Soup Company; and Amora-Maille (the sauces, pasta and ready-prepared food businesses) to a private equity consortium led by Paribas Affaires Industrielles (BNP Paribas SA's PE arm, now PAI Partners SAS), Lazard Freres & Company and Finance & Investors.[4][5] Amora-Maille was run for three years as a private business.

Post-sale, the grocery portfolio comprised Nepal (very profitable dietetic products for children and adults); HP Foods Ltd (Lea & Perrins, HP and Daddies sauces); Italian Star (broths, tomato sauce), owned 50/50 with the Fossati family; the frozen and fresh products under the Marie brand; the German leader in pasta BSB; and Italian La Famila (pasta).ref WP:HP Foods, In the following years, the company sold more than half of its grocery activities and all of the confectionery: Panzani, Marie to Uniq plc. And finally, La Pie qui Chante, Carambar and Vandamme to Cadbury.


  • Liebig Maille Amora: Danone decided to bring together Segma Liebig Maille and Amora into a single company. William Saurin, Amora, Liebig, Carambar, the Magpie Qui Chante, Maille-Amora sauces and condiments.
  • 1996: an internal restructuring at Danone brought together SMA and Amora under the name Liebig Maille Amora.
  • 1996: Liebig Maille Amora: an internal restructuring at Danone brought together Segma-Liebig-Maille and Amora.
  • Mar.1996: Liebig Maille Amora: Amora merged/absorbed Segma-Liebig-Maille.ref

  • Oct.1997 Campbell Soup Company bought Liebig (France's leading wet-soup brand) from Groupe Danone. Liebig soups are packaged in shelf-stable cartons, the fastest growing segment of the French soup market.ref

  • 1983: Liebig became part of Segma Liebig Maille.[2]
  • 1983: Segma-Liebig-Maille: Maille merged with the Liebig Company.
  • 1983: the French part of Liebig was backed by Maille (acquired from Générale Occidentale in 1980), within SLM (Segma Liebig Maille).[3]

[4] [5] [6]

  • Apr.1980: Générale Occidentale SA's food manufacturing interests were acquired / sold to BSN-Gervais Danone, in exchange for minority stakes in two BSN subsidiaries, Milliat and Diepal. The food businesses specialised in groceries and confectionery, and included brands such as Amora, Carambar, Liebig, Vandamme, La Pie qui Chante, and Maille. The transaction made BSN-Gervais Danone the leading agrifood company in France.[6]

  • 1979: Générale Occidentale acquired SEGMA (Company for the exploitation of major food brands), which included the Maille brand.[7]

  • Mar.1993: Fray Bentos: Campbell Soup Company bought the Fray Bentos business from Brooke Bond Foods Ltd.[7] The Hackney plant was closed a few months later, and production was moved to Campbell's own factory in King's Lynn.[8]
  • Oct.1984: Unilever plc acquired Brooke Bond Group plc in a hostile takeover.[9]
  • Feb.1982: Brooke Bond Group sold its interests in France, Italy and the Benelux countries to BSN-Gervais Danone.
  • Feb.1970: Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd was formed by the merger of Oxo Ltd and Brooke Bond Tea Ltd, as the marketing arm of Brooke Bond Liebig.[10]
  • May.1968: Brooke Bond Liebig Ltd: the company changed its name.
  • Apr.1968: Brooke Bond & Company Ltd purchased Liebig's from the Vestey Group; the transaction closed in Oct.1968.[11][12]
  • Mar.1965: Foster Clark Products, a fruit and vegetable canner, was acquired by Oxo Ltd from the receivers for the St Martin Preserving Company.[13]
  • 1963: Fray Bentos Pies were launched, made at the Oxo factory in Hackney, East London. Chicken & ham, steak & kidney, and a steak & kidney pudding, were sold in flat, circular 1lb tins.[14]
  • Jan.1963: Chipmunk Ltd: Liebig and Ranks Hovis McDougall launched a joint venture to manufacture and distribute potato crisps. The new company took over the manufacture of Cristo crisps, made by W Melhuish Ltd, a Ranks Hovis McDougall subsidiary.[15] In May.1969, Chipmunk was sold to Imperial Tobacco's Golden Wonder Ltd.[16]
  • 1960s: Vestey Group sold the Anglo factory to the Uruguayan govt,[17] which closed it down in 1979.[18]
  • 1924: Vestey Group Ltd acquired the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, together with its Fray Bentos brand.[13] Vestey renamed the Uruguayan operation "Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay", the Anglo Meatpacking Company.[1]
  • 1924: Vestey Group Ltd, a tax-haven registered family-owned firm, acquired Liebig's, renaming its Fray Bentos factory in Uruguay as "Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay".[17] Liebig's assets included 2-3+ million hectares of farm land and cattle herds in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Rhodesia, Kenya and South Africa.
  • 1924: Oxoid, a line of biological products, in particular glandular extracts and later dehydrated culture media.ref
  • 1923: Oxoid Lab-Lemco, a basis for culture media, was launched. At the time, bacteriologists made up their own culture media, using a beef broth or peptone foundation. During WWII, Oxo began making complete culture media.[19]
  • 1911: The Oxo cube was put on the market at one penny, and success was assured.[20]
  • 1899: Oxo, a liquid bouillion, was launched.[21]
  • 1873: Fray Bentos: the Liebig factory in Uruguay began manufacturing tinned corned beef for export to Britain, sold under the same name as the town in Uruguay where the factory was located.[22]
  • ?date?: Lemco, a liquid beef extract product, was launched. The name "Lemco", made up from the company's initials, was chosen as a trademark after costly lawsuits found that the Liebig company had no exclusive right to the use of Liebig's name.[20]
  • Dec.1865: Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Ltd was formed to take over the business, backed by £150,000 capital raised in the City of London.[23]
  • 1863: Société de Fray Bentos Giebert et Cie was formed, and lost no time in commercialising the product - but it was clear that far more capital would be required.[23]
  • 1861: Extractum carnis Liebig: George Christian Giebert, a German engineer, took Liebig up on his offer to cooperate with a commercial enterprise, who installed a small plant in Uruguay.[23]
  • 1847: Extractum carnis started out as a laboratory experiment performed by Justus von Liebig,[24] director of the Royal Pharmacy in Munich.[23]

References

  1. ^ GBfoods and CVC Fund V sign an agreement for the acquisition of Continental Foods. Press Release, GBfoods, May.24.2019.
  2. ^ Divestiture is served: Campbell Soup puts a lid on Europe. Campbell Soup sold its European meals business to CVC Capital Partners. The transaction involved brands of soups, sauces and ready meals such as Royco and Liebig in France; Erasco in Germany; Blå Band in Sweden; and Devos Lemmens and Royco in Belgium. CVC will also take over four factories, in Puurs, Belgium; Le Pontet in France; Lubeck in Germany; and Karpalund in Sweden. New York Business Journal, Oct.01.2013.
  3. ^ Campbell completes purchase of market-leading soup and sauce business in Europe from Unilever. Press Release, Campbell Soup Company, May.04.2001.
  4. ^ Campbell to Acquire French Soup Concern. Bloomberg News, The New York Times, Oct.10.1997.
  5. ^ Danone to Sell Some Units To Paribas and Campbell. Amy Barrett, The Wall Street Journal, Oct.10.1997.
  6. ^ Goldsmith group sells Bovril offshoot to Beecham for 42m. Richard Allen, The Times Archive, Apr.19.1980.
  7. ^ Campbell buying British food concern from Unilever. Bloomberg News, The New York Times, Mar.11.1993.
  8. ^ Proposed Closure of the Fray Bentos factory, Hackney. That this House condemns Brooke Bond Foods Ltd, for conspiring with Campbells UK Ltd to close the Fray Bentos factory in Hackney and throw over 200 loyal workers on to the dole. Brooke Bond foods Ltd failed to consult with USDAW; Brooke Bond should now enter into serious negotiations with USDAW with a view to keeping the Hackney factory open. Early Day Motion, UK Parliament, Mar.15.1993.
  9. ^ Unilever Assured of Winning Tea Maker. Barnaby J Feder, The New York Times, Oct.11.1984.
  10. ^ Brooke Bond Oxo Limited, a newly formed company now sixth of all Britain's giant food concerns, building for tomorrow on the goodwill of today. The Times Archive, Feb.16.1970.
  11. ^ Brooke Bond and Liebig's agree on 95m merger. The Times Archive, Apr.20.1968.
  12. ^ "Justus Von Liebig: The Chemical Gatekeeper.", William H Brock, Cambridge University Press, Jun.20.2002, ISBN: 978-0521524735
  13. ^ Oxo Buys Foster Clark. The Times Archive, Mar.01.1965.
  14. ^ Puddings, pies and proteins for the general. The Times Archive, Jan.20.1965.
  15. ^ Jointly-owned Company With National Sales Coverage. The Times Archive, Jan.14.1963.
  16. ^ Golden Wonder to buy Chipmunk. The Times Archive, May.22.1969.
  17. ^ a b "Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History.", Will Kaufman, Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson, ABC-Clio, Jan.2005, ISBN: 978-1851094318
  18. ^ Uruguay serves up slice of history. Veronica Psetizki, BBC News, Oct.28.2008.
  19. ^ Keeping bacteria at bay. The Times Archive, Jan.20.1965.
  20. ^ a b Century of Progress. The Times Archive, Jan.20.1965.
  21. ^ "Trademarked: A History of Well-Known Brands, from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar.", David Newton, Sutton Publishing, Feb.2008, ISBN: 978-0752496122
  22. ^ "Bully Beef and Biscuits: Food in the Great War.", John Hartley, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Apr.2015, ISBN: 978-1473827455
  23. ^ a b c d Extractum carnis. PS Ure, The Times Archive, Jan.20.1965.
  24. ^ Von Liebig – the pioneer. The Times Archive, Jan.20.1965.