In 2011, Andy Ducker and David Manning acquired a large minority stake in the Chaucer Food Group, a specialist global ingredient supplier to large food groups including Kellogg’s, Starbucks and Unilever.
Andy and David took active operational roles in transforming the company’s fortunes, including an expansion of its manufacturing facilities in the UK, France and China; opening a new operation in the US and significantly expanding the company’s product range and customer base.
Over the course of 5 years the Elaghmore team transformed the business, increasing its turnover by 50% to $150M dollars and profitability from $4M to $12M. It became the largest global provider of freeze dried fruit in the world.
In 2016, it’s success attracted the attention of Nagatanien, a Japanese food producer which acquired Chaucer for $130M.