Lamb Weston EMEA formaly known as Lamb Weston / Meijer is one of the larger manufacturer of French Fries and Potato specialties in Europe, with 4 production facilities in the Netherlands (Kruiningen, Oosterbierum, Bergen op Zoom as well as the former Oerlemans production site in Broekhuizenvorst) and one in Wisbech in the United Kingdom (previous Garden Isle plant) and one in Austria (Frisch und Frost).
At the end of FY2016 production capacity of Lamb Weston Meijer was 710,000 tonnes of potato products. Lamb Weston Meijer employs around 1,400 employees (2018). Together with Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., these products are sold under the Lamb Weston brand in more than 110 countries throughout the world. Total annual production capacity of dehydrated potato flakes is reported to be 30.000 tons.
Lamb Weston Meijer is co-owned by Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. and Meijer Beheer B.V., a joint venture formed in 1994. However, in 2022, Lamb Weston acquired all of Meijer Beheer's shares.
This acquisition gave the Lamb Weston company ownership of an additional five manufacturing facilities worldwide, including four in the Netherlands and one in the United Kingdom, as well as a sixth manufacturing facility through a 75% stake in a joint venture in Austria.
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We Fry LLC/LWM - Lipetsk/Belaya Dacha
We Fry LLC is a leading Russian producer of potato fries.The first large-scale production plant for frozen french fries in Russia, operated as a Joint Venture between the Russian company JSC Belaya Dacha Trading (75%) and the Dutch / American Joint venture Lamb Weston / Meijer (25%).
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March 04, 2011
2011 contracten fritesfabrikanten bijna binnen
Telers van fritesaardappelen zijn nog steeds bereid vlot aardappelcontracten te ondertekenen, ondanks de huidige hoge prijzen op de vrije markt van onder meer aardappelen, uien en peen.From the archive
October 27, 2010
EC clears Lamb Weston/Meijer's acquisition of Frisch & Frost
The European Commission (EC) approved on Wednesday the acquisition of a majority stake in Austrian potatoes processing firm Frisch &Frost Nahrungsmittel-Gesellschaft by Dutch food producer LWM Potatoes, a unit of Lamb Weston/Meijer. From the archive
August 12, 2010
Fritesprijs gaat stijgen
De inkoopprijs van voorgebakken frites gaat naar verwachting stijgen. Cafetaria’s zullen er niet aan ontkomen hun gasten ook een hogere prijs in rekening te brengen, zegt sectorvoorzitter Jos van Alphen.De aardappeloogst wordt door de droge en warme z...From the archive
May 11, 2010
Lamb Weston / Meijer and Frisch & Frost (RWA) announce joint venture
Lamb Weston / Meijer and RWA announced today that Lamb Weston/Meijer has signed an agreement to acquire 74% of the shares in Frisch &Frost Nahrungsmittel GmbH based in Hollabrunn, Austria.Current owner RWA will keep the remaining shares. Both parti...From the archive
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