Katjes group ‘in Talks To Buy Graze From Unilever’ 

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German confectionery group Katjes is reportedly adjacent to striking a woody to bargain snack marque Graze from Unilever.

According to Sky News, Katjes is successful precocious talks to get Graze for astir £35m ($46.2m).

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Unilever declined to remark erstwhile approached by Just Food. At nan clip of writing, Katjes had not responded to requests for comment.

Unilever acquired Graze successful 2019 from private-equity patient The Carlyle Group. At nan time, Sky News claimed nan user equipment institution had paid astir £150m for nan brand.

Graze primitively started arsenic a subscription-only work trading boxes healthier snacks centred connected nuts and seeds.

Last week, Reuters reported Unilever was weighing up whether to offload location UK brands – Marmite, Colman’s and Bovril.

Back successful March, erstwhile Unilever announced nan waste of meat-free marque The Vegetarian Butcher, nan institution said it was “looking to sharpen its portfolio for semipermanent maturation and scalability, focusing connected fewer, bigger brands”.

In January, Unilever also offloaded its pasta condiment unit range successful Germany to Italian nutrient shaper Casalasco Group.

The erstwhile period it revealed received a “binding offer” from Dutch meat, snacks and soups producer Zwanenberg Food Group to get nan Unox and Zwan nutrient brands. The woody remains taxable to title support successful nan Netherlands.

Last month, Katjes acquired a 25% liking successful German cookie-dough business SD Sugar Daddies for an undisclosed sum past month.

The privately-owned group has bought UK businesses successful nan past. In 2022, Katjes snapped up gluten-free baked equipment patient Genius Foods done its venture-capital limb Katjes Greenfood.

Katjes besides holds a mostly stock successful UK vegan-confectionery business Candy Kittens aft a woody struck successful 2019.