Olam unit eyes better margins, earnings with acquisition of spice supplier Olde Thompson
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OLAM Food Ingredients (OFI), a unit of agri-food giant Olam International, is looking forward to better margins and earnings after it seals the acquisition of US private-label spice supplier Olde Thompson for an enterprise value (EV) of US$950 million in the second quarter of 2021.
A Shekhar, OFI's chief executive, told The Business Times that the acquisition will "dramatically expand" the group's private label solutions in the spices segment. The private label business makes products for sale under another company's brand.
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