foods type private industry food production food service founded 2010 headquarters dublin ireland area served ireland uk & italy key people seamus kearney ceo oliver sutherland cco joe walsh coo brendan feeney cfo products biscuits healthy snacking savoury snacking home baking fruit preserves canned vegetables canned fish culinary ingredients condiments stocks meal ingredients mediterranean foods juice confectionery professional food ingredients out of home food and beverage solutions owner capvest & origin enterprises plc 1 number of employees 750 website www.valeofoods.com valeo foods is a producer of branded food products with a portfolio of 20 food brands that includes rowse honey odlums batchelors jacob s roma chef shamrock and erin . the business combines food production brand development distribution and sales . contents 1 history 2 products 3 operations 4 references history edit valeo foods was established in september 2010 through the merger of batchelors a manufacturer and retail category partner 2 of a number of ireland s best known food and drink brands and origin foods the food division of irish based origin enterprises plc. 3 in august 2011 the company acquired jacob fruitfield a leading producer of biscuits sauces and preserves creating ireland s largest ambient food shelf stable food supplier to the grocery trade and a prominent supplier to the uk market . 4 in march 2014 valeo foods added rowse honey the largest producer of honey and the category leader in the uk to its growing stable of brands . 5 in june 2015 valeo foods announced its acquisition of balconi a leading italian food producer that specializes in the production of sponge based cake products wafers and biscuits . 6 products edit valeo foods has over 20 food brands including rowse honey jacob s batchelors odlums roma shamrock chef erin fruitfield sqeez silvermints real irish food company scots clan old time irish in addition valeo foods distributes a wide range of agency brands including nature valley green giant old el paso betty crocker fox s lavazza operations edit headquartered in dublin ireland the company operates from four in house manufacturing facilities based in ireland and the uk a 225 000 sq. ft. central distribution centre and additional offices in belfast and oxfordshire . 7 odlums mill references edit origin foods & batchelors merge to form valeo . rt news . 2010 09 10 . retrieved 2014 08 22 . http www.bordbiavantage.ie marketingbusiness place irishmarket retail pages categorymanagement.aspx capvest to merge origin foods with batchelors to form valeo foods ; to hold 55 % stake . reuters . september 10 2010 . retrieved 20 august 2014 . percival geoff 2011 08 09 . valeo foods buys jacob fruitfield . irish examiner . retrieved 2014 08 22 . rowse honey buy to boost valeo s uk presence . just food.com . 2014 04 09 . retrieved 2014 08 22 . mark paul may 6 2015 . valeo to seal 200 million italian deal . irish times . retrieved 6 november 2015 . valeo foods on . top1000.ie . 2014 05 14 . retrieved 2014 08 22 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title valeo foods & oldid 723454642 categories food and drink companies of ireland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view