Food products group acquires catering packaging business

Regal Food Products Group Plc, food group owner behind household brands, Regal Foods and Yorkshire Baking Company, has acquired Packaging ‘R’ Us for an undisclosed sum – its first non-food and drink business.

The acquisition comes in response to the group’s long-term vision of expanding and strengthening its wholesale and food service offering, while providing a diverse product range within its brand portfolio.

Since the challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit, Bradford-based Regal group says it has identified the importance of becoming a one-stop solution for its customers, delivering services including finished goods, ingredients, and now packaging.

Packaging ‘R’ Us is an established catering supplier, manufacturing and specialising in a range of disposable food packaging solutions, including foil containers, catering foil, disposable utensils, and plastic containers.

Younis Chaudhry, CEO of Regal Food Products Group, said: “Following on from our Just Desserts Yorkshire acquisition 18 months ago, we are pleased to be bringing our first non-food and drink business into the group.

“Acquiring Packaging ‘R’ Us will allow to develop our wholesale arm of the business, while offering our customers an eclectic range that will naturally sit alongside our existing products and brands.

“As a PLC we recognised a business that presented itself with opportunities and using our existing teams, manufacturing expertise, distribution networks and channels to market, we can really build and scale what is already a great business.

“This is an extremely exciting milestone in the Regal journey, as we not only welcome our first non-food brand into the group but relocate Packaging ‘R’ Us and its production to our main manufacturing and distribution facilities to Bradford.

“As a business that has the Bradford community close to its heart, we are pleased the new production site will create approximately 20 new jobs offering employment in a range of keys areas.”