Hain Celestial acquires Orchard House Foods

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., and Hain Celestial United Kingdom acquired Orchard House Foods Ltd., a UK-based leader in prepared fruit, juices, fruit desserts and ingredients with facilities in Corby and Gateshead, United Kingdom. Orchard House supplies to retailers, on-the-go food outlets, foodservice providers and manufacturers in the United Kingdom.

"We are excited about the acquisition of Orchard House, which expands our presence in the on-trend fresh category with prepared fruit, drinks and desserts. Orchard House provides us with the opportunity to expand fruit product offerings into continental Europe, as well as new product development with cold-pressed juice and branded fruit product offerings in the United Kingdom. Additionally, we expect sales and operating efficiencies in terms of fruit procurement across our businesses around the world," says Irwin Simon, founder, president and CEO of Hain Celestial. "Along with the acquisition comes innovative new processing technology to expand the shelf life of fresh fruit and juices. We also believe there may be opportunities to leverage Orchard House's expertise into new branded product offerings in fruit, juice and bars under the Ella's Kitchen, Hartley's, Johnson's Juice Co. and Sun-Ripe brands."