Gallicoop’s nameplate may change soon, despite Chancellor Péter Szijjártó cutting the ribbon on an investment of hundreds of millions a few months ago.

Although making a profit, Szarvas’ Gallicoop was sold; professional players confirmed it to hvg.hu. In the small town of Békés, Lőrinc Mészáros is rumored to have become the new owner of a long-established turkey processing company. 24.hu Also, but the identity of the buyer has not been confirmed either on the portal or on our page. Officially, neither the agricultural company of Szarvas nor the agricultural company of the richest Hungarian businessman have responded to our questions; Furthermore, the business must be approved by the Hungarian Competition Authority. We also contacted GVH to see if a request was received from the new owner, and as soon as we receive a response we will update our article. In a statement on Friday evening, Gallicoop Zrt also named customers, the company will not be transferred to the Talentis Group, but the new president of the turkey-venison processing company, currently a member of the board of directors of Talentis Agro Zrt., Was previously your CEO. Gyula Csák is also a member of the board of directors of the Yeguada y Granja Mezőhegyes.

Gallicoop Zrt. At Szarvas it covers almost half of the entire Hungarian turkey market, and is the only group of companies that integrates the entire range of products within the sector. The annual turnover of the entrepreneur group is around 35 billion HUF, and its earnings range between 1 and 2 billion HUF. After last year’s earnings of HUF 2 billion, a dividend payment of HUF 1 billion was approved, which is due before September 30. We know that one of the group companies may be retained by the main owner, István Erdélyi.

The Gallicoop Group’s first piece was a slaughterhouse, built as a totally new investment in 1989. In thirty years, processing has been established that covers the entire range of products, from incubation to cutting and all stages of formulating the product. product. According to our sources with knowledge of the industry, most of this is now migrating to the Talentis Agro Group.

The beginning of Lőrinc Mészáros’s agricultural career was marked by Búzakalász 66 Kft. In Felcsút, his family later acquired an area of ​​more than 1,000 hectares in land auctions in 2015-16. Viktor Orbán’s friend took over the acquisition of agricultural companies a few years ago, and last May it was announced at the Hódmezővásárhely Livestock Conference that the activities of dozens of agricultural companies would be coordinated and the Talentis Group would become a group. Last summer, Mészáros entrusted the fat portfolio to a specialist with experience abroad, which at that time already included the former Trans-Danubian agricultural empire of Lajos Simicska. Now they are building in Hanság 24.hu according to their sources, fifteen hundred million florins from hunting houses. The business group’s professional leader said in spring that they would focus on raw material production for the time being, although a few months later they might seriously consider buying an offline processor.

This is not the only business in Békés county either: in Szarvas, Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. We know that other local agricultural companies may also be on the table, in which a significant investment was also closed last year.

Update: Talentis has already announced the acquisition of Szarvasi Agrár Zrt. The company manages 2,600 hectares and also has an important dairy herd. Last fall, a cheese factory was delivered to its Armenian site, and the investment cost almost 1 billion guilders. After the publication of our article, on Friday evening, Gallicoop Zrt wrote in an announcement that the company had been acquired by three private equity funds: Takarék, Béta and Status Food Private Equity Fund. Gyula Csák, the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gallicoop Zrt., Who has been the Director of Talentis Agro Zrt for some time, is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of Mezőhegyes Stud Farm and Farm. A zrt. The Board of Directors entrusted András Muzsek with the functions of CEO, who also acted as CEO of Sága Foods Zrt.



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