Maison DUPREZ, the iconic artisanal biscuit specialist, opens its capital to Unigrains

Alongside the managing family, Finorpa and Société Générale CP, Unigrains will support the development of the traditional French delicacy producer

Lambersart & Paris, December 18^th, 2024 – Maison DUPREZ, a family-owned SME specialized in the production of iconic French artisanal biscuits and confectioneries, has opened its capital to Unigrains. Alongside the eponymous managing family, Finorpa and Société Générale Capital Partners, Unigrains will support the development of the traditional French delicacy producer.

Constituted through successive externe growth operations, Mauson DUPREZ creates, manufactures and distributes biscuits and confectionery products mainly under emblematic and well-known regional brands. By French region, the group notably includes:

• Hauts-de-France
  • Eugène Blond offering “gaufrettes amusantes” wafers, shortbreads and rum babas
  • La Dunkerquoise producing pure butter thin waffles and almond breads
  • Confiserie Afchain making Bêtises de Cambrai candies et nougats des Flandres
  • Maison Chuques selling confectionery, biscuit and chocolate products
• Brittany
  • Isidore Penven making Pont Aven biscuits, palets and local cakes
• Poitou-Charentes
  • Augereau producing galettes poitevines, Broyés du Poitou and Benoîtines
  • Goulibeur offering Broyés du Poitou, galettes and sablés poitevins
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
  • Maurice Hu confectioning “chouchous”, pralines and nougats

The product range includes several hundred references distributed to B2B clients (traditional professionals and retail distributors) and B2C via a network of boutiques. Majority-owned by Vincent and Sylvie Duprez and their children, Maison DUPREZ employs roughly 180 people, generates 80% of its turnover under its proprietary brands and aims to reach 45 million euros of sales within 5 years.

This transaction coincides with an investment project for the production site of the Breton subsidiary aiming to increase its production capacity and expand its offer with new regional products. At the same time, Maison DUPREZ will benefit from the support of an agri-food specialized investor, its networks and its sector expertise, including in the pursuit of its targeted external growth strategy, notably towards other French regions.

Vincent Duprez, President and CEO of Maison DUPREZ, declared: “We are delighted to welcome Unigrains in our capital. The complementarity of Unigrains with our historical partners, Finorpa and Société Générale CP, will add value to our growth projects. Beyond the financial support, our partnership is based on common values and shared vision for the development of our family business in a market that we are passionate about.”

Anabelle Gerbal, Investment Manager with Unigrains, declared: “Unigrains shares the Duprez family’s deep commitment to promoting traditional biscuit and confectionery expertise. It is also, by extension, about supporting the transformation and added value of agriculture productions – wheat, sugar beets, milk… – which are the foundation of our French gastronomic heritage.”