World foods manufacturer and distributor Regal Food Products Group has bought Packaging R Us.
The undisclosed deal will help Queens Award winning Regal expand its wholesale and food service arm. It follows last year’s acquisition of Just Desserts by the £23.5m turnover group which counts Regal Foods and Yorkshire Baking Company among its stable of brands.
Regal said that since challenges presented by Covid and Brexit, it has recognised the importance of becoming a one-stop solution its customers, delivering services including finished goods, ingredients, and now packaging. Packaging R Us specialises in catering supplies including disposable food containers, catering foil, disposable utensils, and plastic containers.
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Younis Chaudhry, CEO of Regal Food Products Group Plc, said: “Following on from our Just Desserts Yorkshire acquisition 18 months ago, we are delighted to be bringing our first non-food and drink business into the Regal group. Acquiring Packaging ‘R’ Us will allow to develop our wholesale arm of the business, whilst offering our customers an eclectic range that will naturally sit alongside our existing products and brands.
“As a PLC we recognised a business that presented itself with opportunities and using our existing teams, manufacturing expertise, distribution networks and channels to market, we can really build and scale what is already a great business. This is an extremely exciting milestone in the Regal journey, as we not only welcome our first non-food brand into the group but relocate Packaging ‘R’ Us and its production to our main manufacturing and distribution facilities to Bradford.
“As a business that has the Bradford community close to its heart, we are pleased the new production site will create approximately 20 new jobs offering employment in a range of keys areas, whilst providing platforms and opportunities for personal development.”
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