Big Bear Limited was a company formed in 2003 to acquire the Fox's Confectionery business owned by Northern Foods based in Leicester, England.
The deal was a management buy-in. The main brands bought included Fox's Glacier Mints, Paynes Poppets, XXX mints and Just Brazils, but not the unrelated Fox's Biscuits, also owned by Northern.[1]
In 2006, Big Bear diversified into breakfast cereals and cereal bars by acquiring Sugar Puffs and Harvest Cereal Bars from multinational food and beverage conglomerate PepsiCo.[2]
Big Bear was acquired by Raisio Group in 2011.[3]
In December 2017, it was announced that Raisio had agreed the sale of its Big Bear confectionery division to Valeo Foods.[4]
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References
- admin. UK: Northern Foods sells Fox's Confectionery Just Food, 2003-09-08, retrieved 2023-04-22^
- Catherine Boal. Honey Monster teams up with Big Bear bakeryandsnacks.com, 19 July 2008, retrieved 2023-04-22^
- Raisio completes capture of Sugar Puffs owner Big Bear^
- Valeo Foods Group agrees €100 million acquisition of Raisio Plc’s confectionery division^