. for the inuit snowhouses see igloo . iglo foods group ltd. type private industry food headquarters bedfont england products frozen food brands iglo birds eye uk and ireland findus italy owner nomad foods website www.iglo.com iglo group is a frozen food company based in the united kingdom with operations across the european continent . the company markets its products under the brand names iglo birds eye and findus . iglo owns the rights to the birds eye brand in the united kingdom and ireland and the rights to the findus brand in italy . formerly owned by private equity firm permira the company was sold to investment firm nomad foods in june 2015 valuing the group at 2.6 bn 1.9 bn . 1 nomad purchased the operations of findus in all markets except the united kingdom in november 2015 2 and is due to merge iglo and findus in early 2016 to form nomad foods europe . 3 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in november 2006 private equity fund permira acquired the birdseye and iglo businesses from unilever for 1.7 bn forming the birdseye iglo group . in 2010 birdseye iglo group purchased the italian frozen food business compagnia surgelati italiana spa from unilever for 0.8 bn and reunited the findus brand in sweden into the group that had previously been managed as one business under unilever until 2006 . on 24 june 2011 birdseye iglo group changed its legal name to iglo foods group limited and now trades under the name iglo group . blackstone group and bc partners made an unsuccessful bid of 2.5 bn to buy iglo from permira in 2012 . 4 in april 2015 permira agreed a majority sale to united states based investment vehicle nomad holdings valuing the group at 2.6 bn 1.9 bn . 1 operations edit iglo group produces and markets premium branded frozen food products in 11 countries and distributes across a number of other countries in central and eastern europe . citation needed in both the united kingdom and ireland iglo is known as birds eye and in sweden it is known as findus . following the purchase of findus by iglo s parent nomad foods the findus brand is due to be brought back under the same ownership across europe . 5 see also edit list of frozen food brands references edit a b birds eye owner iglo group sold to american firm . bbc news . 20 april 2015 . retrieved 9 february 2016 . nomad foods limited completes acquisition of findus group s continental european businesses . pr newswire . 2 november 2015 . retrieved 9 february 2016 . about us . iglo group . retrieved 9 february 2016 . private equity deals june 20 2012 bradshaw julia 13 august 2015 . birdseye owner nomad to create frozen food giant with 781m findus deal . the telegraph . retrieved 9 february 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title iglo & oldid 713039487 categories frozen food brandspermira companieshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2013 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 deutschfran aisnederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 1 april 2016 at 15 27 . 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