Hero Group is a private , consumer food manufacturer and marketing company based in Switzerland . Focusing baby and toddler food, healthy snacks, and natural spreads, the group brands include Corny Snack Bars and Semper Baby food .
3-633: In 1995, Dr. Arend Oetker acquired a majority shareholding in Hero and re-positioned the Group to focus on branded business. Business segments that no longer fitted this brand strategy were divested. In parallel, the Group embarked on a major geographic expansion program. Today, Hero is producing products in its core product categories. The Group's operations are based predominantly in Europe , North America , Middle East / Africa and Turkey / Central Asia . The Hero Group
6-456: The Oetker family in 2003. In 2024, Hero bought the 'Deliciously Ella' brand, founded by Ella Mills . Buyout In finance, a buyout is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company , or a majority share of the capital stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" the present equity holders of the target company. A buyout will often include
9-465: Was founded in 1886 in Lenzburg, Switzerland by Gustav Henckell and Gustav Zeiler, two German immigrants. In 1888, investor Carl Roth joined the business. After Zeiler’s death in 1890, the first two letters of Henckell and Roth's names were combined to name the company ‘Hero Conserven Lenzbourg’. In 1995, Arend Oetker took a majority holding in Hero with full ownership of the company being transferred to
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