Froneri
British ice cream manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Froneri is a global ice cream manufacturer with its headquarters in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, England.[1] It is the largest producer of ice cream in Europe by volume, and the second-largest in the world, after Unilever.[2]
Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Food processing |
Predecessor | R&R Ice Cream |
Founded | 1985 (as Richmond Ice Cream) 2016 (as Froneri) |
Founder | James Lambert |
Headquarters | North Yorkshire, |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Luis Cantarell (Chairman) Ibrahim Najafi (CEO) |
Products | Ice cream |
Owners |
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Subsidiaries | Peters Ice Cream Tip Top Kelly's of Cornwall Dreyer's |
Website | www |
Froneri was established in 2016 as a joint venture between Nestlé and PAI Partners to combine the two companies' ice cream activities.[3] PAI Partners had previously acquired R&R Ice Cream in 2013.[4] R&R was originally founded as Richmond Ice Cream in 1985.[4] Froneri expanded by initiating consolidation in the European ice cream market. It then took control over Nestlé's USA's ice cream division in 2020.[5]
The company has a turnover of £750 million, and employs 15,000 people.[2] The main production site is located at Leeming Bar, and employs 665 people in the largest ice cream factory in Europe.[4][6] Smaller production sites are located in Skelmersdale and Bodmin, Cornwall.[4]