Agromousquetaires, the French private-label manufacturer, is putting eight of its more than 50 factories on the market.
The company, part of the Groupement Mousquetaires business that also houses French retailer Intermarché, is looking to sell five food plants, a beverage site and two horticultural units.
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According to our information, seven of the eight factories are in western France. Overall, Agromousquetaires operates 55 manufacturing plants.
There were 56 at the start of the year but the company sold ready-meals site Sveltic to Belgium-based What’s Cooking? in a deal announced in January. Last year, French meat-processing group LDC snapped up the Les Délices de Saint Léonard factory in Morbihan from Agromousquetaires.
The eight plants up for sale include: a bread and brioche facility in Joué-lès-Tours; two seafood factories in Britanny and a third in Pas-de-Calais; two cut-flower units in western France; and a fruit-juice bottling site in Hermes, north of Paris.
Agromousquetaires also wants to offload rice-to-spices factory Antartic in Charmes-sur-Rhône in southern France.
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By GlobalDataThe company declined to comment on the identity of the factories but, in a statement, said the move was part of a broader strategy.
“Agromousquetaires is continuing to implement its strategy of refocusing and making significant investments in strategic areas and businesses related to raw and minimally processed products – meat, vegetables, milk, water, etc.,” it said. “Through this refocusing and these investments, the group intends to strengthen its business model.”
It added: “We will carry out this work with two prerequisites: any buyer’s ability to invest and to develop employment.”
Agromousquetaires’ production is primarily for the wider group’s grocery chains of Intermarché and Netto. According to the Groupement Mousquetaires website, the Agromousquetaires business generated a turnover of €4.2bn ($4.55bn) in 2024.
