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MaserGrup buys Skjodt-Barrett’s North American baby food division
Catalan holding company MaserGrup has bought Skjodt-Barrett’s main division from US-based Axel Johnson Inc.
The business makes baby food in flexible pouches for food companies and supermarket chains, and will join MaserGrup’s Global Fruselva.
The deal adds a factory in Indiana with capacity to produce 300 million units a year and 360 employees.
The division’s sales are about €100 million, while Global Fruselva recorded €190 million in 2025.
The purchase expands MaserGrup’s reach in the US and Canada, where the acquired business is a leading pouch-food manufacturer.
The purchase price was not disclosed, and MaserGrup says it will finance the deal with its own funds and bank debt.
The company plans to add 100 employees within two years, and the division will be renamed SBFoods.
MaserGrup has completed its purchase of Skjodt-Barrett’s North American baby food pouch-manufacturing division.
The business will join Global Fruselva, MaserGrup’s food subsidiary, and will be renamed SBFoods.
The acquired division has a factory in Lebanon, Indiana, and annual sales of about €100 million.
The deal gives MaserGrup a larger presence in the United States and Canada.
The purchase price was not disclosed.
- Who
- MaserGrup bought the division from Skjodt-Barrett through an agreement with Axel Johnson Inc.
- What
- It acquired the business manufacturing baby food in pouch formats.
- When
- The acquisition has been completed; the exact date is not stated.
- Where
- The division operates a factory in Lebanon, Indiana, and serves the North American market.
- Why
- The acquisition will expand MaserGrup’s business in the United States and Canada and add about €100 million in sales.
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MaserGrup reached an agreement with Axel Johnson Inc. to acquire Skjodt-Barrett’s main division.
Expansión reported that MaserGrup had completed the acquisition.
- Acquired business
- Skjodt-Barrett’s baby food pouch-manufacturing division
- Buyer’s subsidiary
- Global Fruselva
- New name
- SBFoods
- Factory location
- Lebanon, Indiana, United States
- Annual sales
- About €100 million
- Employees
- 360, with plans to add 100 in two years
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