Diageo PLC - Joint Venture
19 Agosto 1999 - 9:31AM
UK Regulatory
RNS No 2455e
DIAGEO PLC
19 August 1999
DIAGEO ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE IN US FOR HAAGEN-DAZS
FROZEN DESSERTS BUSINESS
Joint Venture Provides Opportunity for Significant
Incremental Growth
Nestle USA and The Pillsbury Company today announced the
formation of a 50/50 joint venture comprising the Nestle
USA novelty ice cream business and Pillsbury's U.S.
Haagen-Dazs frozen dessert business.
The joint venture will provide opportunity for
significant top-line growth by combining the famous
Haagen-Dazs brand name with Nestle's superior worldwide
frozen dessert technology. Both partners offer
complementary product lines in two distinct segments of
the ice cream category - Haagen-Dazs with its presence in
superpremium pints, and Nestle with its unique novelty
line.
The joint venture - temporarily named Ice Cream Partners
USA - includes the merging of all the U.S. assets of
Haagen-Dazs and the assets of Nestle's USA Ice Cream
Division. The parent companies, or their affiliates,
will retain ownership of the brands and applicable
technology and license them to the joint venture. The
joint venture does not include either parties'
international operations, or the Haagen-Dazs U.S. shop
system.
The agreement is subject to the normal Federal Trade
Commission / Department of Justice review process.
"Haagen-Dazs is the world's most famous brand of
superpremium ice cream, and the joint venture will
continue to build on its position in the U.S. market,"
said Paul Walsh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
The Pillsbury Company.
Joe Weller, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nestle
USA, commented, "This agreement brings together two
complementary businesses with strengths in two distinct
segments, superpremium packaged ice cream and novelties.
Nestle contributes worldwide expertise in frozen dessert
technology and a solid alternative channel strategy to
this joint venture."
Investor Relations enquiries:
Catherine James +44 (0)171 927 5272
Media enquiries:
Kathryn Partridge +44 (0)171 927 5225
Note to editors:
Pillsbury is the packaged food division of Diageo, one of
the world's leading consumer brand companies. Other key
Diageo brands include Pillsbury, Green Giant, Johnnie Walker
and J&B Scotch whiskies, Smirnoff vodka, Gordon's gin,
Baileys cream liqueur, Guinness stout, and Burger King.
The Diageo group operates in over 200 markets worldwide, and
has international sales of
#12 billion ($19 billion). The company is listed on the UK
(DGE), New York (DEO), and Paris Stock Exchanges. Additional
information on the Diageo group and its brands is available
at www.diageo.com
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