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WHW Bakeries Acquires Irish Pride Bakeries

On April 25, 2014, WHW Bakeries acquired food company Irish Pride Bakeries from IPL Plastics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WHW Bakeries’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is WHW Bakeries’ 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-04-25
Target Irish Pride Bakeries
Sector Food
Buyer(s) WHW Bakeries
Sellers(s) IPL Plastics
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Irish Pride Bakeries

Dublin, Ireland
Irish Pride is one of the largest bakery companies in Ireland and has been operating since 1989. With bakeries located in counties Wexford and Mayo, the business manufactures a comprehensive range of wrapped breads and soft rolls. It undertakes 15,500 deliveries per week, operates 190 routes nationally and serves its retail and food service customers from a national network consisting of four primary and nine secondary depots.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WHW Bakeries

United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

IPL Plastics

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1939
Sector Packaging
Employees2,000
Revenue 605M USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

IPL Plastics is a sustainable packaging solutions provider primarily in the food and consumer, agricultural, logistics and environmental end-markets operating from multiple production facilities in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, China and Mexico. IPL Plastics was founded in 1939 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: Ireland M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Dublin, Ireland

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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