Orkla

Former Dixons Carphone Exec Appointed Orkla President And CEO

Norwegian food conglomerate Orkla has appointed Jaan Ivar Semlitsch as its new president and CEO. According to a company statement, Semlitsch joins Orkl...

Orkla Posts 4.8% Growth In Operating Revenues In First Quarter

Norwegian food company Orkla has posted 4.8% year-on-year growth in operating revenues, to NOK 10,176 million (€1,035.8 million) in the first quarter...

Orkla Invests In Portuguese Kombucha Drink Brand

Norwegian conglomerate Orkla has announced a 43.5% investment in Portuguese firm Asteriscos e Reticências, S.A, producer of fermented tea-based healt...

Orkla Food Ingredients Acquires Two Thirds Of Greek Firm Kanakis

Orkla Food Ingredients, part of the Orkla Group, has announced the purchase of around two-thirds of Stelios Kanakis Industrial and Commercial S.A., a Greek...

Orkla Makes Formal Offer To Acquire Kotipizza Group

Finland's Orkla has made a formal bid to acquire the Kotipizza business, following an announcement on 22 November that it was seeking to buy the chain....

Norway's Orkla Offloads Mrs Cheng's Brand

Norwegian food group Orkla has offloaded its Mrs Cheng's Soy Sauce brand to Belgium-based Continental Foods. The group said that it completed the sale o...

Orkla Offers To Buy Kotipizza For €146m

Norwegian consumer goods retailer Orkla has offered to buy the owner of Finland's largest chain for pizza restaurants, Kotipizza Group, for €146.1 mil...