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Frigo (ice cream)

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Frigo
Product type
OwnerUnilever
CountrySpain
Introduced1927; 98 years ago (1927)
Websitewww.frigo.es

Frigo is a Spanish company dedicated to manufacturing and marketing ice cream, which has been part of the multinational Unilever since 1973.

History

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The 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.[citation needed]

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 (equivalent to €29M in 2022).[2][3]

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), Frigo Pie (1983), Calippo (1984), Twister (1986) and the Magnum Frac (1991).[4] Many of those brands are still available.[4]

Starting in 1998, Frigo assimilated the unified Heartbrand corporate image, with a heart as its logo.[5][better source needed]

Unilever announced in 2008 that it would close the Frigo factory in Barcelona and make 268 employees redundant.[6] It was eventually sold to the Catalan company Farga, producer of Farggi ice cream.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "El Club de la Publicidad visita la fábrica de 'Productos Frigo, S.A.'" [The Advertising Club visits the factory of 'Productos Frigo, S.A.'] (PDF). La Vanguardia Española (in Spanish). 5 July 1962. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Notas" [Notes] (PDF). Economía y finanzas. La Vanguardia Española (in Spanish). 22 November 1973. p. 26.
  3. ^ 1276 to 1850: Álvarez Nogal, Carlos; Prados de la Escosura, Leandro (2013). "The rise and fall of Spain (1270-1850)". The Economic History Review. 66 (1). Wiley: 1–37. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00656.x. 1850 to 1936: Maluquer de Motes i Bernet, Jordi (2006). "La paradisíaca estabilidad de la anteguerra: Elaboración de un índice de precios de consumo en España, 1830-1936" (PDF). Revista de Historia Económica (in Spanish). 24 (2). Madrid: Universidad Carlos III: 333–382. hdl:10016/12544. ISSN 0212-6109. 1936 to 1961: de Ojeda Eiseley, Alonso (1988). Índices de precios en España en el período 1913 - 1987. Madrid: Banco de España. ISBN 84-7793-007-4. 1961 to 2022: "Consumer Price Index for Spain". International Financial Statistics. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b Viñallonga, Joan (8 July 2017). "Así inventamos el Frigo pie, el Drácula, el Calippo y el Twister". Verne (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ Rodríguez, Olga (26 August 2023). "Frigo, los helados 'indianos' que llegan hoy a todos los paladares europeos". El Independiente.
  6. ^ Corchón, M. (4 November 2008). "Unilever ultima la venta de la planta de Frigo a Farggi" [Unilever finalises the sale of the Frigo plant to Farggi]. Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ Mars, Amanda (16 November 2008). "Farggi salva la fábrica de Frigo en Barcelona" [Farggi saves the Frigo factory in Barcelona]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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