Italy’s number one selling frozen pizza, Dr. Oetker, has fast become one of Australia’s favourites since entering the market with its range of Ristorante frozen pizzas. Dr. Oetker Ristorante pizza entered the Australian market 12 months ago, selling in all Coles supermarkets nationwide. Its Mozzarella pizza recently became the number one selling frozen pizza in Coles. The German company expanded even further last month with the acquisition of Simplot’s frozen pizza business in Australia.... ...Read more »

German food group Dr Oetker has acquired Simplot’s Australian and New Zealand pizza business. The company announced on Friday that the acquisition would include the Papa Giuseppi’s brand, all frozen private-label pizza made by Simplot and the pizza assets at Simplot’s facility in the Melbourne suburb of Pakenham. The Papa Giuseppi brand was previously licensed to Nestlé, and purchased by Simplot in October 2009. The companies said Simplot would continue to work closely with Dr... ...Read more »

Simplot Australia has now taken over the frozen meals brands of Nestlé after reaching an agreement a couple of months ago. The Melbourne-based subsidiary of US firm J R Simplot took control of the licence of prominent frozen meals brand Lean Cuisine and Maggi frozen brand at the end of November. The deal also involves the acquisition of the Papa Giuseppi frozen pizza brand and the manufacturing facility at Pakenham in Victoria. The Pakenham factory will become the cornerstone manufacturing facility... ...Read more »