- CEO
- Urs Jordi
- Full Time Employees
- 7,654
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Address
- Ifangstrasse 9 Schlieren Switzerland 8952
- IPO Date
- Jan 4, 2000
- Business
- Aryzta AG, headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland, and founded in 1897, is a leading international bakery company specializing in specialty frozen bakery products and in-store bakery solutions primarily for foodservice, retail, quick-service restaurants, grocery, convenience, and independent retailers. The company offers a comprehensive range of high-quality baked goods including breads, rolls, buns, artisan loaves, pastries, cookies, sweet baked goods, morning goods, savoury products, and other specialty items under brands such as Hiestand, Mette Munk, Pre Pain, Cuisine de France, Coup de Pates, La Carte, Oh My Sweetness, and Fornetti; it operates 53 bakeries and kitchens across Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand with a multi-local approach emphasizing short supply chains, innovation, and customer-centric solutions. Recent developments include the establishment of new production capacities in Malaysia, Switzerland, Germany, and Australia for products like burger buns expected to reach full capacity within 18-24 months, acceleration of a cost optimization program targeting €40-60 million in savings through structural efficiencies, shared service center expansion in Poland, ERP system streamlining, and workforce reductions such as 30 FTEs in Switzerland; the company also reported 0.8% organic growth and 18% revenue from innovations in Q3 2025, aims for at least €300 million EBITDA for FY2025, a reverse share split implementation, CEO Michael Schai's resignation in October 2025 with interim leadership transition, and FY2025 guidance adjustments.