BF SpA

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Business Description

Sector

Consumer Staples

Industry

Food Products

Headquarters

Italy IT

Employees

1 296

IPO date

Jun 23, 2017

BF SpA is an Italian agribusiness group that grows crops, manages farmland, and turns agricultural output into food and related products. Its work starts in the field: it plans cultivation, produces grains and other farm goods, and helps move those raw materials toward processing and distribution. It also has interests in agriculture services and farming know-how, which makes it more than just a landowner or a simple farm operator.

The company sells to food makers, distributors, and other business customers that need dependable agricultural supplies. It also reaches consumers through branded food products and through partners in the food chain, depending on the product line. BF makes money by selling farm commodities, processed food products, and services tied to agricultural management and production.

What makes BF different is that it sits in the middle of the farm-to-food chain. It combines land, farming operations, and food products under one group, so it can capture value from both agricultural production and downstream processing. That gives it a role similar to a built-in supplier for the food industry, rather than a pure retailer or a pure packaged-food company.