Eat the Ball

Type
Business expansion
Country
Austria
Region
Westösterreich; Oberösterreich; Linz-Wels
Location of affected unit(s)
Asten
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.7 - Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products
10.71 - Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2014
Foreseen end date

Description

The Salzburg based company Eat the Ball is to build an industrial bakery in Asten, Upper Austria, employing 100 workers in the medium term.

The new bakery is financed via an investment of EUR 15 million. When opening in mid-2014, it will replace a 'trial' bakery that is operated by Eat the Ball since 2010.

The company produces frozen bread shaped like different kinds of sports balls.

Sources

  • 20 February 2014: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Eat the Ball, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 76678, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76678.