aryn industry food founded 1897 headquarters zurich switzerland key people denis lucey chairman owen killian ceo products bread products revenue 3 820.2 million 2015 1 operating income 66.0 million 2015 1 net income 532.3 million 2015 1 website www.aryzta.com aryzta is a food business based in zurich with operations in the americas europe asia australia and new zealand . it is incorporated in switzerland and has listings on the six swiss exchange the zurich stock exchange and the irish stock exchange . the group has a leadership position in the speciality frozen bakery sector and is a global supplier of baked goods to the foodservice retail and quick service restaurant sectors . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded as the irish co operative agricultural agency society in january 1897 and renamed the irish agricultural wholesale society iaws in december 1897 . it was first listed on the irish stock exchange in 1988 and for most of the 1990s the company was managed by philip lynch first as chief executive officer and later chairman . 2 it bought shamrock foods in 1989 r & h hall in 1990 and cuisine de france in 1997 . 3 it went on to buy delice de france in 1999 la brea bakery in 2001 groupe hubert in 2005 and otis spunkmeyer in 2006 . 3 in june 2007 it spun off its agribusiness activities as origin enterprises plc. 4 it merged with hiestand holding ag in august 2008 and having changed its name to aryzta commenced trading on the six swiss exchange and the irish stock exchange on 22 august 2008 . 4 it bought honeytop speciality foods in september 2011 . 5 in 2013 it acquired klemme ag a german manufacturer of frozen bakery products for 280 million . 6 in 2014 aryzta acquired pineridge bakery in canada and cloverhill bakery in the us for a total of 730 million . 7 in 2015 it acquired the hungary based fornetti group which has operations in central and eastern european markets . 8 operations edit aryzta is known for its delice de france range of french style bread based products and its higher end of artisan breads available from la brea bakery . 3 other brands include shamrock foods cuisine de france and hubert . 3 aryzta operates 53 bakeries & kitchens across europe north america south america asia australia and new zealand . 6 aryzta refers to itself as one of the largest frozen bakery companies in the world . 9 logo of the former iaws group references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . aryzta . retrieved 28 january 2016 . philip lynch does it his way . the independent . 13 february 2005 . retrieved 22 december 2012 . a b c d the quiet man . the independent . 14 august 2010 . retrieved 22 december 2012 . a b aryzta may sell stake in origin enterprises . irish examiner . 27 june 2008 . retrieved 22 december 2012 . switzerland s aryzta buys honeytop speciality foods . food manufacture . 26 september 2011 . retrieved 22 december 2012 . a b aryzta acquires frozen bakery firm klemme . bakeryandsnacks.com . retrieved 28 january 2016 . aryzta acquires pineridge and cloverhill bakeries for 730m . bakeryandsnacks.com . retrieved 28 january 2016 . swiss aryzta buys hungarian fornetti . budapest journal . 6 august 2015 . retrieved 28 january 2016 . dan malovany 2015 01 26 . aryzta behind the scenes . food business news . retrieved 2015 10 05 . external links edit official website v t e iseq 20 companies of ireland aryzta bank of ireland crh c & c group dalata hotel group fbd holdings fyffes glanbia green reit hibernia reit irish continental group irish residential properties reit kerry group kingspan group origin enterprises paddy power betfair permanent tsb ryanair smurfit kappa total produce retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aryzta & oldid 735971664 categories food companies of the republic of irelandcompanies established in 1897 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 08 36 . 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