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Article: Big German seafood producer taken over by apetito group.(STORE BRAND TRENDS)
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- Quick Frozen Foods International
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Costa Meeresspezialitaten GmbH & Co. KG, Emden, a leading German manufacturer of frozen fish and seafood for the retail market, became part of the Rheine-based apetito group effective Nov. 1.
For apetito, it means a bigger stake in seafood retailing. For Dr. Oetker, which has owned Costa since 1990, it means another step towards concentration on the group's strategic core markets for shelf stable goods, frozen pizza and chilled dairy products. Costa employs 80 people at two locations (Emden and Bielefeld) and manufacturers a range of about ...