Seamus Fitzpatrick
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Valeo strikes deal for German maker of marzipan sweets
- Agribusiness & Food
- January 12, 2021, 14:07
Valeo Foods, the Dublin-headquartered food group that owns Jacobs biscuits, has gained a foothold in the German market by acquiring Schluckwerder, a c(...)

Revenues at Valeo Foods near €1bn as it gears up for sales spurt due to Covid
- Agribusiness & Food
- January 5, 2021, 05:00
The Irish food company that owns Jacobs biscuits and Batchelors beans is firmly on course to break the €1 billion sales barrier in 2021 after it poste(...)

Valeo Foods gobbles up UK tortilla-maker
- Agribusiness & Food
- December 22, 2020, 20:05
Valeo Foods, a Dublin group that owns Jacob’s biscuits and Batchelors beans, has bought a UK manufacturer of tortilla chips . The Capvest-backed Iris(...)

Valeo extends debt package totalling €860m, adding €35m credit facility
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 22, 2020, 05:03
Valeo Foods, which owns a number of well-known Irish brands, has extended its package of debt totalling €860 million and added a €35 million revolving(...)

CapVest bulks up its protein business with Tipperary meat firm acquisition
- Agribusiness & Food
- May 11, 2020, 13:30
CapVest, the London-based private equity company founded by Cavan man Séamus Fitzpatrick, has further expanded its protein food group after acquiring (...)

Who owns private hospitals behind State’s €115m-a-month deal?
- Health & Pharma
- April 19, 2020, 02:00
The estimated €115 million that the State will pay each month to use 18 private hospitals during the Covid-19 crisis will go to companies owned by rel(...)

Irish food group Valeo on track to breach €1bn sales mark
- Agribusiness & Food
- December 27, 2019, 05:45
Jacob’s biscuits and Batchelors beans owner Valeo Foods is on track to breach the €1 billion sales mark in the current financial year, helped by a ser(...)

Richard Conroy survives move to fire him from Karelian board
- Energy & Resources
- October 18, 2019, 21:40
Prof Richard Conroy and four other directors survived a second bid to sack them from the board of miner Karelian Diamond Resources on Friday. Rebel i(...)

Valeo Foods to pay €75m for UK’s biggest Christmas pudding maker
- Agribusiness & Food
- October 10, 2019, 19:27
Valeo Foods, the Dublin-headquartered group that owns Batchelors beans and the Jacobs biscuit brand, has agreed a deal to pay £67 million (€75.5 milli(...)

Another tasty food deal for Valeo
- Agribusiness & Food
- September 3, 2019, 05:58
The announcement that Valeo Foods has agreed a €73 million deal to buy the European operation of Kettle crisps from Campbell Soup puts Valeo on the ve(...)