Completed · Ireland · Food and agriculture
Scandi Standard acquires Glenhaven Foods.
Nordic chicken producer Scandi Standard, based in Stockholm, completed on 9 October 2026 its purchase of Glenhaven Foods of Arklow, Co. Wicklow, a maker of frozen breaded and value-added poultry products for Irish and UK retail and foodservice, agreed on 30 July 2026. The deal completed on 9 October 2026.
SigningDay 100
Signing 30 July 2026 · Day 100 on 17 January 2027
- Buyer
- Scandi Standard AB ·Stockholm, Sweden
- Target
- Glenhaven Foods ·Arklow, Ireland
- Type
- Acquisition
- Announced
- 30 July 2026
- Signed
- 30 July 2026
- Completed
- 9 October 2026
- Value
- EUR 127 million
- People
- about 190
- Last checked
- 28 October 2026
The people side in Ireland
- In an asset or business transfer, contracts pass to the buyer on their existing terms, and the transfer alone is no ground for dismissal. European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 131 of 2003), regulations 4 and 5
- Seller and buyer inform employee representatives, where reasonably practicable, not later than 30 days before the transfer, and consult them on any measures envisaged. European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 131 of 2003), regulation 8
- A deal of EUR 2 million or more giving a buyer from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland control of a sensitive Irish business is notified at least 10 days before completion. Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023, sections 9 and 10 (Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Inward Investment Screening Guidance, May 2026)
- Where the deal needs EU merger clearance, the buyer may not implement it before clearance. EU Merger Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004), article 7
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