Sligro Food Group N.V., Veghel (NL), and Bejaco N.V., Rotselaar (B), announce that Sligro Food Group has acquired the entire share capital of Bejaco N.V. and its subsidiaries JAVA BVBA and Freshtrans BVBA, jointly known as JAVA Foodservice.
JAVA Foodservice is a top-three player in the Belgian foodservice market, focusing specifically on the institutional and company catering market segments and several hotel chains. Sligro Food Group’s ambition is that JAVA Foodservice will grow further in its existing markets in Belgium over the next few years under the JAVA Foodservice name.
Koen Slippens, CEO of Sligro Food Group: “The acquisition of JAVA Foodservice is an important step forward in Sligro Food Group’s ambition to become a leading player on the Belgian foodservice market. Not only is JAVA a great company with considerable potential of its own, it will also support the start-up of the Sligro format in the Belgian market.
Wim Claes, CEO of JAVA Foodservice and The JAVA Coffee Company: “The Claes family is extremely proud of the way the company has evolved under its leadership. The family has thought carefully about the future of JAVA Foodservice. There was a growing realisation that the best scenario for maintaining and further reinforcing the market position, consisted of transferring the JAVA Foodservice activities to Sligro Food Group while retaining and further expanding The JAVA Coffee Company under the family’s management, in professional partnership with JAVA Foodservice and Sligro Food Group in the Netherlands.
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