AMSTELVEEN, THE NETHERLANDS — Dawn Foods, a global bakery manufacturer and distributor, announced the sale of its frozen bakery manufacturing business in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Pacific (AMEAP) to Europastry, a Barcelona-based frozen bakery dough producer.
The sale incorporates the company’s frozen bakery manufacturing plant in Steenbergen, the Netherlands, R&D capabilities based in Evesham, United Kingdom. All associated customer relationships in the region securing Dawn-produced frozen products.
“Dawn and Europastry have been partners for many years, providing great American bakery products to customers across Europe and AMEAP,” said Carrie Jones-Barber, Dawn Foods’ CEO. “As we continue to focus on our long-term strategic goals, Dawn’s focus in the Europe and AMEAP region is on driving growth in bakery ingredients. We look forward to continuing to work with Europastry, along with all customers in this region, to help them grow their business with our fantastic bakery ingredients and tailored solutions.”
Dawn will continue to manufacture and distribute bakery ingredients in Europe, AMEAP, North America and Latin America.