Barry Callebaut enters into long-term supply agreement with Burtons Biscuit Company

摘要

The Barry Callebaut Group, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, has signed an agreement with Burton's Biscuit Company, the UK's second biggest biscuit manufacturer, for the long-term supply of over 12,000 metric tons of chocolate and compound per year. At the same time, Barry Callebaut would acquire the chocolate manufacturing assets at Burton's Biscuit Company's chocolate factory in Moreton, Wirral, near Liverpool, UK. Barry Callebaut would continue producing chocolate at the Moreton site. All employees currently engaged in the manufacture of chocolate at the Moreton facility would transfer to Barry Callebaut upon completion of the transaction.