The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has approved the sale of Browar Leżajsk. – After finalizing the transaction, Mycofeast (MFPL) will take over control of the further development of assets in Leżajsk. The company uses the fermentation process to produce proteins and lipids, among others, for the production of feed – explained Magdalena Brzezińska from Grupa Żywiec in an interview with the business editorial office of tvn24.pl.
Office of Competition and Consumer Protection issued consent to the establishment of a new enterprise by entities from the Heineken Group (the current owner) and the English company Mycofeast.
“The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, having conducted antitrust proceedings initiated at the request of MFPL sp. z o. o. with its registered office in Warsaw and Heineken International BV with its registered office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, issues consent to the concentration consisting in the establishment by MFPL sp. z o. o. with its registered office in Warsaw, Grupa Żywiec sp. z o. o. with its registered office in Żywiec and BV Beleggingsmaatschappij Limba with its registered office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, of a joint venture on the terms specified in the notification application” – we read in the decision sent by the UOKiK press office to our editorial office.
“It's hard to say how long it might take”
The place where beer was brewed until recently will soon be used to produce proteins and lipids that will be used to produce animal feed.
– The next step is to finalize the transaction. It is difficult to say how long it may take. After the transaction is finalized, Mycofeast (MFPL) will take control of the further development of the assets in Leżajsk. The company uses the fermentation process to produce proteins and lipids, among others, for the production of feed – explained Magdalena Brzezińska, corporate affairs director of Grupa Żywiec, in an interview with the business editorial office of tvn24.pl.
Conditional agreement with “Oxford company”
The fact that Grupa Żywiec signed a conditional agreement regarding the sale of shares in the company controlling the assets of the Leżajsk Brewery with the Mycofeast company was announced at the beginning of April this year by Krzysztof Sobejko, mayor of the Leżajsk commune.
“It is a company from Oxford, with its headquarters in Great Britain, using the fermentation process to produce, among others, proteins and lipids for food production purposes,” wrote Krzysztof Sobejko, mayor of the Leżajsk commune, on social media.
He added that the finalization of the transaction requires the consent of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.
Earlier plans to reorganize the brewery
We reported on the plans to reorganize production in the second half of last year. On February 7, 2023, Grupa Żywiec announced that it planned to end production at Browar Leżajsk. According to the announcements, this was to happen in June 2023.
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At that time, there was information about interest in buying the brewery in Leżajsk. However, the transaction has not yet been finalized. – The end of production in the brewery has been postponed in time to allow for a reliable analysis of offers for the possible purchase of our assets in Leżajsk – commented Magdalena Brzezińska, spokeswoman for Grupa Żywiec, in 2023 for the business editorial office of tvn24.pl. She did not provide an exact date for when production in the Leżajsk Brewery should be carried out.
About Leżajsk Brewery
The Leżajsk Brewery, part of the Żywiec Group, has been operating in the Leżajsk commune since the 1970s. It was built in the years 1972-1977. It began producing beer on January 2, 1978. The date 1525 on some products refers to the first mentions of beer brewing in the region.
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