Findus is owned by Nomad Foods (the United Kingdom, NYSE: NOMD), which acquired the brand on 1 November 2015 for £500 million.[1][2] Findus was founded in 1941 in Sweden and was independent until 2015.
Evidence: Nomad Foods Limited Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2017-02-17, SEC EDGAR, 17 February 2017. Verified from filings; last checked .
Findus is the frozen food name used across the Nordic countries and parts of southern Europe. Nomad acquired the business in 2015, three years after a European horsemeat scandal in which beef lasagne sold under the name was found to contain undeclared horse.
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Nomad Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Nomad Foods has more brands in frozen meals & pizza on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 40.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banquet | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hot Pockets | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Crepini | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Authentic Asia | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Chicago Town | Dr. Oetker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Bagel Bites | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| LaMasă | AQUILA | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| I&J | AVI | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Nomad Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom, founded in 2014. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: NOMD.
Nomad Foods was assembled from 2015 by two investors who bought the European frozen food businesses that Unilever and others had shed, and it is now the largest frozen food company in Europe. Its brands are the same product under different names in each country, a legacy of separate national acquisitions.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Sweden. 53 of them (45%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Findus among them.
Nomad Foods acquired the Findus Group's continental European business for about £500 million, four months after buying Iglo. The two purchases together created the largest frozen food company in Europe.
The parent company of Findus is Nomad Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Findus originated in Sweden in 1941, but it is owned today by Nomad Foods, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Findus is a Swedish-origin brand under British ownership.
Nomad Foods completed its acquisition of Findus on 1 November 2015, after announcing the deal on 7 August 2015. The deal was valued at £500 million (enterprise value).
Findus was an independent company from its founding in 1941 until Nomad Foods acquired it in 2015.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Findus is still owned by Nomad Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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