FRANCE: Owner mulls sale of frozen retailer Picard Surgeles
By: Stuart Todd | 25 May 2010
Private-equity fund BC Partners is mulling the sale of its majority stake in Picard Surgelés - one of several options it is considering for the French frozen foods retailer it acquired in 2004.
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Private-equity fund BC Partners is mulling the sale of its majority stake in Picard Surgelés - one of several options it is considering for the French frozen foods retailer it acquired in 2004.
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