Vandemoortele-Délifrance gets underway: 41 plants and 2,2 billion in turnover

Vandemoortele has managed to acquire Délifrance: indeed, the complex process that effectively began at the end of March 2025, with the announcement of the deal, concluded yesterday, 6 October.

Fast approval from Brussels... but with two disposals

This was announced yesterday by the acquiring party itself, following a double review by the European and British antitrust authorities.

In any case, already on 18 December 2025, the EU Commission had given the green light, subjecting its approval to the disposal of the Délifrance plants in Béthune and Avignon and the related commercial relationships with customers in the Hexagon.

The CMA's lengthy review

But until authorisation by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which came, in fact, on 6 October, the two companies had to continue operating entirely independently.

The CMA has now revoked the Initial Enforcement Order (IEO), subject to the disposal of Vandemoortele's Worcester plant and the related commercial relationships with English customers.

As a result, Vandemoortele and Délifrance can now operate as a single entity, thus opening a new chapter for both companies.

Vandemoortele Délifrance: 41 factories and 6.000 employees

The integration between Vandemoortele's current Bakery Products division and Délifrance brings together around 6.000 employees at 41 production plants across Europe, the United States and Asia, with total revenue of around 2,2 billion euros.

This new scale enables the Belgian multinational to expand its capacity while strengthening its bakery products portfolio, production presence and commercial presence in Europe and elsewhere.

The Bakery Products division enters this new phase under the name Vandemoortele Délifrance: a name that expresses the ambition of bringing the two companies together to create a confectionery giant in the years to come.

Vandemoortele, in 2025, that is, before the acquisition of Délifrance, had 4.458 employees and revenue of 2,21 billion euros across its two divisions. The group operated 35 production plants in Europe and one in the United States.

Délifrance, before the deal, had a staff of 3.369 employees, spread across 14 factories in Europe and Asia, and in its last full financial year generated turnover of approximately 1 billion euros.

This article was translated from the original Italian version with the assistance of artificial intelligence. In case of discrepancies, please refer to the original Italian version.