Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

10/02/2024

InVivo: the birth of an agri-food industry giant

Following the integration of Soufflet, Europe’s leading private grain buyer, the InVivo union of agricultural cooperatives continues to grow and now has 174 member cooperatives with a combined turnover of €12.4 billion. The experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions, take a look at this unique model. The Union des Coopératives […]

22/12/2023

AURIS Finance advises CAVAC in the sale of LES P’TITS AMOUREUX to LA FABRIQUE COOKIES

Founded by Gary Daguisé in 1998 in Ardin, Les P’tits Amoureux manufactures and markets high-end biscuits and pastries. Since 2018, the company has been owned by Biofournil, a subsidiary of the CAVAC cooperative group, spread across 130 sites in the Vendée, Deux-Sèvres and neighboring departments, and with consolidated sales of €1.16 billion. Launched in 2012 […]

29/11/2023

Terrena initiates negotiations to acquire Tipiak S.A.

The Terrena cooperative is set to acquire Tipiak, a family-run company based in Nantes and specialising in cereals and ready meals. The experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions, analyse this latest move in the agri-food sector. With this new acquisition, the agri-food cooperative, which owns consumer brands such as Paysan […]

31/10/2023

AURIS Finance advises ATOM GROUP in the sale of GOULIBEUR to MAISON DUPREZ

Founded in1976 by Brigitte Arnaud-Boué, GOULIBEUR has built a solid reputation thanks to its Broyé du Poitou. Based in Poitiers (86), the biscuits factory has been taken over in 2019 by the Vendée-based ATOM GROUP, founded by the former owners of PASO and active in the food and catering sector. The company has recorded sales […]

02/10/2023

In supermarkets, organic food is no longer in demand

Between January and July 2023, organic product sales in supermarkets fell by 13%. Under the impact of inflation, supermarket shoppers are rethinking their consumption habits. These changes are having an adverse effect on the organic sector. The experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions, explain. According to data from the Circana […]

26/09/2023

Plant-based meat: a new decree bans the use of meat terminology

The French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty wants to ban the use of the words “steak”, “sausage” or “schnitzel” to describe plant-based meat, to avoid confusing consumers with “misleading claims”. This decision has been widely contested by the foodtech industry. The experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions, explain. Soy […]