Dellia Group mulls options after interest in fruit-snacks firm

Norway snacks concern Dellia Group said it is assessing "strategic alternatives" aft attracting buying involvement from "several" parties.

In a banal speech filing successful Oslo, the dried fruit-snacks shaper said its committee has appointed Pareto Securities arsenic a fiscal advisor and intermediary to "evaluate strategical alternatives aimed astatine maximising shareholder value, and to assistance successful preparing and executing immoderate imaginable transactions resulting from this process".

Dellia, which owns the Sunshine Delights brand, said the "review volition see a wide scope of strategical and fiscal alternatives" specified arsenic the "sale of the institution oregon its assets, a merger, a superior raise, and a strategical partnership".

The measurement of incoming involvement led the committee to reason that a structured process would beryllium successful the champion interests of some the institution and its shareholders, according to the filing.

The institution besides cautioned that determination is nary certainty the reappraisal volition pb to a transaction, and nary assurance connected the timing oregon presumption of immoderate woody if 1 is pursued.

Dellia's announcement follows a play of fiscal maturation for the company, which supplies markets successful Europe specified arsenic the UK, Denmark, France and Germany, arsenic good arsenic China.

In the archetypal 4th of fiscal 2026, Dellia recorded gross of Nkr214.4m ($21.9m), marking an summation of 76.3% from the corresponding 4th successful the erstwhile year.

The institution linked the emergence to expanding income from broader distribution, caller launches and improved merchandise visibility.

Operating nett successful the 4th came to Nkr20.4m, up 32.4% from a twelvemonth earlier.

Announcing the results successful May, the radical said: "All operating segments had coagulated growth, with Nordics being the main contributor. The superior drivers for the maturation were chiefly improved distribution, store beingness and in-store visibility and accrued units sold from some broader merchandise portfolio and existing products."

Net nett for the play accrued 42% to scope Nkr14.3m.

In the 2025 fiscal year, Dellia posted gross of Nkr638.3m, against Nkr266m successful the erstwhile 12 months.

Operating nett for the afloat twelvemonth climbed to Nkr74.5m from Nkr12.6m. Net nett totaled Nkr49.2m versus Nkr6.8m.

In December, Dellia agreed to bargain Kirirom Food Production, its main supplier of dried effect products.

Kirirom, founded successful 2013, sources its earthy materials done a premix of its ain farming, declaration farming arrangements and purchases from cooperatives.

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