Weetabix invests Ksh160m in Kenyan plant

Baring Private Equity Group directors Guy Cui (left) and Mike Sursock at the function.

Weetabix celebrated its 40th year in Kenya on 7th October 2015 at a reception dinner at the Villa Rosa Kempinski, where it hosted a special delegation of investors from Bright Foods Group led by their Chairman Yong Jie Lyu, Baring Private Equity- Asia and Weetabix Food Company CEO Giles Turell amongst other global company leadership luminaries.

The delegation unveiled the company’s recent investment at the Nairobi Plant during a factory tour where they renewed their commitment to investing in Kenya.   This ceremony also marked the formal unveiling of a £1.6 Million (Ksh160 Million) project aimed to modernize the Weetabix Plant which will in turn increase the production capacity by 60%. The dinner was also an opportunity for Weetabix to recognise and appreciate their key stakeholders, including government, agency partners, suppliers and retail partners.

Left to right: Scanad’s Monica Wangari, Charles Wateba, Francis Karugah, with Weetabix East Africa Brand Manager Faith Maina, Saracen MD Lenny Ng’ang’a, and Burak Koc Weetabix East Africa.