Ownership History
When ICI spun off its biological products divisions from the core chemical business in 1993, Marlow Foods became part of the Astra Zeneca group, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. In 2003, Astra Zeneca sold Marlow, the Quorn business, and associated trademarks and patents, to a private equity firm for £70 million. Two years later, food giant Premier Foods bought Marlow for £172 million.
In 2011 Premier Foods sold Quorn to Exponent Private Equity and Intermediate Capital Group for £205 million.
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