Migros to Merge Frey Chocolates with Delica AG

Swiss retailer Migros has announced that it will merge its Chocolat Frey SA and Delica SA Coffee Roasting businesses into one unit. Frey s current director Hans-Ruedi Christen will be in charge of both operations. The companies production activities will not be altered and will remain in Buchs (Frey) and Birsfelden (Delica). However, Migros anticipates the transfer of some Delica workers to Buchs as well as some job cuts.


Migros said that it expects the merged company to perform better in the international market in the long term once it is formed during the course of 2009.