The Irish Times

Valeo Foods revenues top €1bn but impairment charges put it into the red

Company recorded a €102.7m pretax loss prior to its sale to Bain Capital

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 11:58

Valeo Foods buys British jerked meat maker

Irish group makes its 19th acquisition, weeks away from its own €1.7bn sale to Bain Capital

Tue Aug 10 2021 - 05:13

Valeo to borrow €1.2bn to fund buyout of business from Capvest - reports

Valeo owns Jacob’s Biscuits, Batchelors and Odlums flour, along with other products well known to Irish shoppers

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 05:40

Carroll Cuisine tapped for €15m to facilitate sell-off by private equity

Sliced ham maker’s parent Eight Fifty is being bought out by Sofina for £1.2bn

Tue May 25 2021 - 05:51

Will owner of Jacob’s and Batchelors venture into US after €1.7bn takeover?

Agenda: Bain Capital’s purchase of Valeo nets it 85 household brands across 106 markets

Fri May 14 2021 - 05:10

Jacobs and Batchelors owner Valeo circled by three private-equity firms

PAI Partners, Cinven and Bain Capital are given until end of May to submit final bids

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 05:02

Valeo strikes deal for German maker of marzipan sweets

Acquisition of Schluckwerder is Irish group’s 18th buyout in 10 years

Tue Jan 12 2021 - 14:07

Revenues at Valeo Foods near €1bn as it gears up for sales spurt due to Covid

Dublin-based group sees ‘positive’ impact on sales of pasta, flour and canned goods as consumers splurge on groceries and bake at home

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 05:00

Valeo Foods gobbles up UK tortilla-maker

Deal for It’s All Good is the Irish group’s 17th acquisition since 2010

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 20:20

Valeo extends debt package totalling €860m, adding €35m credit facility

Dublin-headquartered group recently surpassed the €1bn turnover threshold

Sat Aug 22 2020 - 05:03

CapVest bulks up its protein business with Tipperary meat firm acquisition

M&M Walshe will join the London private equity firm’s Eight Fifty Food Group

Mon May 11 2020 - 13:31

Who owns private hospitals behind State’s €115m-a-month deal?

Denis O’Brien and Larry Goodman are prominent among investors in the sector

Sun Apr 19 2020 - 16:09

Irish food group Valeo on track to breach €1bn sales mark

Valeo recently acquired crisp maker Kettle Foods and Christmas pudding producer Matthew Walker

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 05:45

Richard Conroy survives move to fire him from Karelian board

Rebel investors in diamond mining firm blame Conroy for ‘zero returns’ in 14 years

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 21:40

Valeo Foods to pay €75m for UK’s biggest Christmas pudding maker

Dublin-based company recently bought Kettle crisps British operation

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 20:32

Another tasty food deal for Valeo

Cantillon: After purchase of Kettle crisps, will Valeo Foods itself become focus of an offer?

Tue Sept 03 2019 - 05:58

Valeo closing in on €1bn sales barrier after agreeing €73m deal for Kettle crisps

Acquisition is the 12th in the nine years since it was founded

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 14:45

Dublin-based Valeo Foods in talks to buy UK snack brands for €54m

Irish food group in exclusive talks with Campbell Soup to buy UK and Ireland arm of company behind Metcalfe popcorn

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 18:00

Karelian shares collapse as chairman survives another revolt

Richard Conroy to remain on board of gold and diamond explorer following egm vote

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 14:31

Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta: Outrajeous edges into lead

Clear leaders and overall favourites emerge as race breezes towards halfway mark

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 20:02

CapVest acquires seafood company to create enlarged UK food group

Private equity company buys Young’s Seafood for second time

Tue Jul 02 2019 - 11:31

Karelian shareholders to vote on proposal to sack chairman

Rebel group wants to oust Richard Conroy and four board colleagues

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 18:02

Pressure increases on diamond miner Richard Conroy

Next step for the Karelian rebels is an egm, to seek support for board shake-up

Tue Jun 11 2019 - 03:15

Karelian chairman rejects claims by shareholders amid coup attempt

Prof Richard Conroy responds to allegations money raised was spent on pay for directors

Tue Jun 11 2019 - 02:15

Valeo accounts show food group’s €1bn assets

First set of publicly-filed accounts value group’s assets at end of March at €998 million

Fri Dec 28 2018 - 02:01

Icon chairman buys Shrewsbury Road home for €8.1m

Property was previously home to developer Paddy Kelly

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 18:00

The great Shrewsbury clearout: changing of the guard on Dublin’s premier road

Last of the tycoon developers sells up on the capital city’s priciest strip

Thu Nov 22 2018 - 06:00

Paddy Kelly’s former Shrewsbury Road home on sale for €10m

Built on a site purchased by the builder in the 1980s, Clonmore is now for sale by the receiver

Thu Sept 06 2018 - 06:00

French company Infravia to buy Mater Private

Deal with Harbourvest is thought to value hospital group at about €500m

Thu May 31 2018 - 20:49

IPL Plastics IPO gives investors opportunity to step off rollercoaster

Shares priced at significant discount to level Dermot Desmond secured for stake last year

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:50

Seen & Heard

Sanctions over trackers, Google’s €120m office purchase and State pays multinationals

Sun Nov 12 2017 - 15:32

One51 IPO likely as shareholders to back reorganisation proposals

Irish plastic container maker to proceed with plans for an initial public offering next year

Fri Nov 10 2017 - 07:41

Glenveagh investors warned of potential risks

Homebuilder’s flotation comes with caveats – and eye-watering executive incentives

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 07:30

One51 receives €2.50-a-share bid from CapVest

Plastics firm has been planning stock market flotation

Fri Oct 06 2017 - 18:46