With this, Barry Callebaut would conclude the final step to dispose of all its consumer activities.
After the sale of Barry Callebaut’s European Consumer Products business (Stollwerck) to the Belgian Baronie Group in 2011, the Dijon factory remained as the last consumer factory within the Group.
“Chocolaterie de Bourgogne” will be a business owned and managed by Philippe de Jarcy and his management team, who are said to have long-standing business experience in the consumer chocolate industry.
In order to support the business under the new ownership, Barry Callebaut has agreed that “Chocolaterie de Bourgogne” will continue to provide 12,000 tonnes of liquid chocolate per year to Barry Callebaut under a 5-year supply contract.
As a result of the divestiture, Barry Callebaut expects to report a one-time loss from the discontinued operation of approximately CHF 65 million (EUR 54 million / USD 70 million) for fiscal year 2011/12, which includes the operating result of the discontinued operation, one-off impairments and other one-off expenses incurred in relation to the transaction.
“We are very pleased with “Chocolaterie de Bourgogne” as a new owner for our business in Dijon.,” said Juergen Steinemann, CEO of Barry Callebaut. “Philippe de Jarcy and his team have a long-standing business experience in consumer chocolate products. With this transaction, we can now focus entirely on business-to-business.”
