Unser Heimatbäcker Gruppe (Lila Bäcker)
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Industry:
- production and distribution of bakery products
- Employees:
- approx. 2,700
- Turnover:
- roughly EUR 140 million
- Region:
- national
Initial situation
The Unser Heimatbäcker Group, based in Pasewalk, had been a bakery chain with over 400 branches in Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The company had to file for insolvency in self-administration due to payment difficulties caused by increasing competition with discounters as well as changing consumer behaviour.
In order to find one or more suitable investors for the business operations, a structured bidding process was initiated by the management and the preliminary custodian, Prof. Rolf Rattunde. Restrukturierungspartner exclusively accompanied this investor process.
Services
In an M&A process of nearly seven months, the Unser Heimatbäcker Group was restructured by a consortium of investors with the support of the banks involved.
Restrukturierungspartner were responsible for coordinating the entire transaction process. This included, among other things: