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Acquired a 60% stake
in Distribuidora E
Importadora Irmãos
Avelino Avelino, a
foodservice provider in
Brazil
.
Acquisition of a 60%
stake in Gruppo DAC
S.p.A, a leading Italian
foodservice provider in
Italy
and 100% of
PCL24/7.
Separately listed and
unbundled the foodservice
operations, renamed the
entity Bid Corporation
Limited (Bidcorp).
Bidcorp moves into
Spain
through its acquisition of a 90% stake
in Guzmán Gastronomía & Cuttings
(Guzmán).
Bidcorp global rebranding.
Established Bidvest plc
(now Bidcorp Foodservice
International Limited) and Bidvest
Australia Limited’s shares were
exchanged for shares in Bidvest plc.
Acquired control of
Manettas following
a rights offer and
Manettas was renamed
Bidvest Australia
Limited.
Bidcorp was incorporated on August 17 1995
as a private company in SA. Acquired an initial
40% interest in listed Australian foodservice
business Manettas, the start of our business in
Australia
.
2014
1995
2015
2016
2017
John Lewis Foodservice
acquired and incorporated
into Bidvest Australia, creating
the leading foodservice
distributor in Australia.
ProudlyBidvest
2001
Bought out
the minority
shareholders
in Bidvest plc.
2004
1997
1998
United Kingdom
1999
Booker Foodservice,
renamed 3663 First for
Foodservice, acquired
by Bidvest plc.
Bidvest plc enters the
New Zealand
foodservice
market with the acquisition of 100%
of Crean Foodservice.
2000
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