Glanbia plc is to acquire US protein bar maker thinkThin LLC for a cash consideration of $217m.
thinkThin manufactures and markets a leading range of protein enriched bars targeted at lifestyle consumers looking for wholesome, convenient and delicious snacks. thinkThin primarily distributes its products in food, natural and mass retail channels in the US. Net sales for the twelve months to the end of September 2015 were $84m, with a compound average growth rate for the previous three years of 31%.
Glanbia group managing director Siobhán Talbot said: “I am very pleased to announce that we have reached agreement to acquire thinkThin. As a premium lifestyle nutrition product with very strong brand equity, thinkThin represents an excellent strategic addition to our portfolio of market leading performance nutrition brands. The transaction is firmly aligned with our overall growth ambitions and positions us well in the fast growing nutrition bar category as well as being value enhancing for our shareholders.”
thinkThin will increase Glanbia Performance Nutrition’s presence in the bar category and provide exposure to the rapidly expanding nutrition bar segment which is currently valued at $2.8bn in US retail. In addition, thinkThin provides a great platform for GPN to enter the ‘better for you’ snack products category as well as augment the GPN brand portfolio in its existing channels.
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