Fiercely attached to their independence, Charles & Alice compotes will continue to stand up to Andros, Materne or Saint-Mamet on their own.
Thursday, the group which holds 6.3% of the compotes market in supermarkets according to Euromonitor (20% in the fresh section) announced the entry into exclusive negotiations of its majority shareholder Equistone Partners, with its president and shareholder since 2007, Thierry Goubault.
The entrepreneur, as well as some twenty senior executives and Crédit Mutuel Equity should therefore take back the 50% of the capital held by the fund, which entered in 2013. At the end of the operation, which must be closed by the end of the year. In summer, management will own more than 40% of the company, and Crédit mutuel Equity, which joined in 2007, 60%.
The reins will be well entrusted to the management team.
"The team is very committed, with the company still having enormous solo potential, whether in mass distribution or in the development of the brand in the United States"
, supports Jean-Christophe Vuillot,
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