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Iglo

Logo: Iglo neu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Frozen food brand

Iglo is a frozen food brand based in the United Kingdom, with products sold across the European continent. It is owned by Nomad Foods Europe, which also owns the rights to the Birds Eye brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Findus across Europe. Formerly owned by private equity firm Permira, the company was sold to the food company Nomad Foods in June 2015, valuing the group at €2.6bn (£1.9bn).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 1, 2006Founded1

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Iglo is a frozen food brand based in the United Kingdom, with products sold across the European continent. It is owned by Nomad Foods Europe, which also owns the rights to the Birds Eye brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Findus across Europe.2

Corporate structure

Iglo is part of a group headed by Nomad Foods. 17 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Nomad Foods Road Town, British Virgin Islands
    • Findus Bjuv, Sweden
    • Iglo Hamburg
    • BIRDS EYE LIMITED Subsidiary · Feltham, United Kingdom
    • C.S.I. - COMPAGNIA SURGELATI ITALIANA S.P.A Subsidiary · Rome, Italy
    • FINDUS ESPANA SL Subsidiary · Tajonar, Spain
    • FINDUS FINLAND OY Subsidiary · Vantaa, Finland
    • FINDUS FRANCE Subsidiary · Noisy-Le-Grand, France
    • FINDUS NORGE AS Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
    • FROZEN FISH INTERNATIONAL GMBH Subsidiary · Bremerhaven, Germany
    • Iglo Belgium Subsidiary · Drogenbos, Belgium
    • NOMAD FOODS BONDCO PLC Subsidiary · Woking, United Kingdom
    • NOMAD FOODS EUROPE FINANCE LIMITED Subsidiary · Woking, United Kingdom
    • NOMAD FOODS EUROPE MIDCO LIMITED Subsidiary · Woking, United Kingdom
      • NOMAD FOODS EUROPE LIMITED Subsidiary · Woking, United Kingdom
        • FINDUS DANMARK A/S Subsidiary · Rødovre, Denmark

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In November 2006, private equity fund Permira acquired the BirdsEye and Iglo businesses from Unilever for €1.7bn, forming the BirdsEye Iglo Group. In 2010 BirdsEye Iglo Group purchased the Italian frozen food business Compagnia Surgelati Italiana SPA from Unilever for €0.8bn, and reunited the Findus brand in Sweden into the group that had previously been managed as one business under Unilever until 2006. On 24 June 2011, BirdsEye Iglo Group changed its legal name to Iglo Foods Group Limited, and began trading as the Iglo Group.

Blackstone Group and BC Partners made an unsuccessful bid of €2.5bn to buy Iglo from Permira in 2012. In April 2015 Permira agreed on a majority sale to United States-based investment vehicle Nomad Foods, valuing the group at €2.6bn (£1.9bn).

Following the purchase of Findus by Iglo's parent Nomad Foods, the Findus brand is due to be brought back under the same ownership across Europe.

Iglo shut down their operations in France and absorbed it to Findus in 2016.

From Wikipedia’s article on Iglo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Jun 2015Acquired Acquired by Nomad Foods1
  2. Jul 1, 2006Founded Founded1

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