Frigo is a Spanish company dedicated to manufacturing and marketing ice cream, which has been part of the multinational Unilever since 1973.
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| Product type | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Unilever |
| Country | Spain |
| Introduced | 1927 |
| Website | www |
History
editThe company was founded in 1927 in Barcelona, under the name of Industrias Frigoríficos de Alimentación. This company was the first Spanish company to produce ice cream industrially, and later expanded throughout the national territory as Productos Frigo.[1] In the beginning, in addition to ice cream, it was dedicated to producing yogurt and pre-cooked foods.[1]
In 1973, the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever became the largest shareholder of Frigo, at that time with a staff of 700 employees and a capital of 262 million pesetas.[2] As part of Unilever, Frigo specialized exclusively in ice cream; In addition to distributing the group's brands, it began to develop its own references such as Drácula (1977), Frigodedo (1980), Frigopie (1983), Calippo (1984), Twister (1986) and the Magnum Frac (1991).[3] Many of those brands are still available.[3]
Starting in 1998, Frigo assimilated the unified Heartbrand corporate image, with a heart as its logo.
Unilever announced in 2008 that it would close the Frigo factory in Barcelona and make 268 employees redundant.[4] It was eventually sold to the Catalan company Farga, producer of Farggi ice cream.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hemeroteca - La Vanguardia - Home". hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Hemeroteca - La Vanguardia - Home". hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ a b "Así inventamos el Frigo pie, el Drácula, el Calippo y el Twister". Verne (in Spanish). 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ Corchón, M. (4 November 2008). "Unilever ultima la venta de la planta de Frigo a Farggi". Cinco Dias (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 2024-07-20 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Mars, Amanda (2008-11-16). "Farggi salva la fábrica de Frigo en Barcelona". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2024-07-19.