Yildiz Holding to close sale of United Biscuits

Posted on 3 Nov 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone and PAI Partners announce the sale of United Biscuits to Yildiz Holding.

The firm owns and operates 16 manufacturing facilities of which seven are in the UK. The biscuit manufacturer is the second largest in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. Among UB’s popular brand names are McVitie’s, Penguin, go ahead!, McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes, Jacob’s, Jacob’s Cream Crackers, Twiglets, Mini Cheddars and Carr’s in the UK, and…

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