Oerlemans Foods

Jul 9, 2021

H2 Equity Partners sells Oerlemans Foods Group to Virto Group News Oct 2018 H2 Equity Partners is pleased to announce that it has sold Oerlemans Foods Group (“Oerlemans”), a producer and supplier of freshly frozen vegetables and fruit to Virto Group (“Virto”), a leading company in the production and distribution of deep-frozen vegetables for retail, foodservice and industry. With this acquisition Virto further strengthens its position in the growing international market for freshly frozen vegetables and fruit. Joining forces with Oerlemans provides significant synergies in a number of areas and allows Virto to meet the increasing customer demand. The acquisition will create a global player with 400+ million euros sales and a footprint in the 4 main European harvest areas – Spain, France, Benelux/Germany and Poland. Javier Virto, CEO of Virto, commented: “This acquisition ofOerlemans allows us to further improve and reinforce our product rangeand service offerings to current and potential customers.” Raoul Vorage, CEO of Oerlemans, commented: “Joining forces withVirto, the industry leader in the field of quality, availability andinnovation, is a true recognition of our hard work to find the bestsolutions for our customers.” Peter Kroeze, Partner at H2 Equity Partners, commented: “Afterthe acquisition of Oerlemans in 2014 the company has successfully beentransformed into a frozen potato business – acquired by LambWeston/Meijer in 2017 – and a frozen vegetables business. Thecombination of Virto and Oerlemans makes a lot of sense in today’sconsolidating frozen vegetables market. We thank management for thecooperation, their leadership and commitment and wish them a lot ofsuccess going forward.” Oerlemans and H2 were advised by Squarefield Corporate Finance (M&A), Deloitte (financial) and Houthoff (legal). For more information, please see the press release from Virto. © H2 Equity Partners | Disclaimer & Legal notice here | H2 Equity Partners Holding B.V. is registered in the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, under number 34261743 | design