R&R Ice Cream
R&R Ice Cream was an ice cream company formed from the combination of Roncadin and Richmond Foods, later incorporated into the Froneri joint venture.
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Overview
R&R Ice Cream was a European ice cream business created through the combination of Roncadin and Richmond Foods. Its origins drew on established ice cream operations in Germany and the United Kingdom: Regina Roncadin opened an ice cream shop in Osnabrück in 1932, while Richmond Ice Cream was established in Britain in 1985. The combined R&R business became an industrial ice cream producer with operations and acquisitions spanning several European markets. The company’s German operation was based in Osnabrück and was known as R&R Ice Cream Deutschland GmbH after the Roncadin and Richmond businesses were brought together. Its business included the production of conventional and less usual ice cream types and recipes. The German operation supplied private-label products as well as own and licensed brands. Examples associated with the business include Landliebe ice cream, produced for FrieslandCampina Germany, and licensed ice cream products bearing brands such as Milka, Oreo, Daim and Toblerone. The Froneri German site also identifies products and brands including Mövenpick, Pirulo and Nuii, reflecting the wider business and brand portfolio after the transition to Froneri. R&R was initially owned by Oaktree Capital Management. Oaktree sold the R&R Ice Cream group to the French private-equity firm PAI Partners in 2013. In October 2016, R&R combined with Nestlé’s ice cream business to form Froneri, a joint venture. The German company was renamed Froneri Ice Cream Deutschland GmbH in 2017. R&R Ice Cream is therefore a historical company identity rather than the name of the current German operating company. The supplied present-day official German site is branded Froneri and describes Froneri as an international ice cream business.
History
R&R Ice Cream’s business history combines the development of German ice cream operations associated with the Roncadin family and the British company Richmond Foods. The German roots date to 1932, when Regina Roncadin opened her first ice cream shop in Osnabrück. In 1964, her nephew Edoardo Roncadin took over the ice cream business and opened another shop in Münster. He established a chain of ice cream shops in Germany in 1970. As demand increased, the business moved toward industrial production, establishing a production facility in Osnabrück in 1982. The official Froneri history also identifies 1982 as the point when Roncadin turned toward industrial ice cream production. Roncadin expanded beyond its original German base. The German-language company history describes an acquisition of Girki in France in 1997 and the subsequent establishment of Roncadin SA. The company acquired Dr. Oetker’s ice cream division in 2000, entering the German branded-products business, and acquired Poland’s Zielona Budka in 2004. In 2005, Roncadin was acquired by the investment fund Oaktree Capital Management. The following year, Oaktree acquired Richmond Foods, a British ice cream producer. Froneri’s official history dates the creation of R&R Ice Cream to 2006, describing it as the merger of Roncadin and Richmond. The German-language company account says that the sister companies were brought together under the shared R&R Ice Cream name in 2007 and that Roncadin GmbH in Osnabrück became R&R Ice Cream Deutschland GmbH. These accounts distinguish the 2006 formation of the group from the subsequent 2007 naming of the German company. During the R&R period, the business continued building a broad European product and brand portfolio. The official Froneri history records the German launch of Pirulo Tropical in 2010, followed in 2012 by the availability of ice cream under licensed brands Milka, Oreo, Daim and Toblerone. Pirulo Watermelon was introduced in Germany in 2015. The company’s products covered both private-label production and own or licensed brands; the German-language account gives Landliebe ice cream, produced for FrieslandCampina Germany, as an example. Ownership changed in 2013, when Oaktree sold the R&R Ice Cream group to French private-equity firm PAI Partners. In October 2016, R&R combined with Nestlé’s ice cream division, including the Schöller business, to create Froneri Ltd., a joint venture. The German operating company was renamed Froneri Ice Cream Deutschland GmbH in 2017. Froneri’s official history also records later portfolio developments, including the launch of Nuii in 2019. These subsequent Froneri milestones provide context for the successor business; they are not evidence that R&R remained an independent company after the combination. The present-day German Froneri website presents the company as an international ice cream business and lists a range of current brands. In 2021, the Osnabrück Froneri plant temporarily halted production after COVID-19 cases among employees and closed for disinfection and containment measures, as reported in the supplied German-language company article.
- 2021
Temporary closure of the Osnabrück plant during a COVID-19 outbreak
- 2019
Nuii launches under Froneri
- 2017
German company becomes Froneri Ice Cream Deutschland GmbH
- 2016
R&R combines with Nestlé’s ice cream business to form Froneri
- 2015
Pirulo Watermelon launches in Germany
- 2013
PAI Partners acquires the R&R Ice Cream group
- 2012
Licensed ice cream under major confectionery brands
- 2010
Pirulo Tropical launches in Germany
- 2007
German company adopts the R&R Ice Cream Deutschland name
- 2006
R&R Ice Cream is formed
Products and positioning
A European industrial ice cream producer supplying private-label products and own and licensed brands.
Landliebe ice cream
An example of an own or licensed brand product made for FrieslandCampina Germany.
Milka, Oreo, Daim and Toblerone ice cream
Licensed ice cream products associated with the German business from 2012.
Pirulo Tropical
A Pirulo ice lolly introduced in Germany in 2010.
Pirulo Watermelon
A German ice lolly multipack introduced in 2015.
Nuii
A Froneri milk-based ice lolly brand introduced in 2019, after the R&R combination.
Brand decisions
2017
Renaming of the German operating companyOther2016
Combination with Nestlé’s ice cream divisionOther
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