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Sunday 14 June 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 11:52 am

RICH TASTES

By: admindrupal

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GU, the upmarket chocolate dessert maker, is set to become even richer after receiving several approaches for the business. Founder James Averdieck founded the group in 2003 with just £100,000. The business is now valued at £50m. Private equity groups including Darwin are said to be interested, as well as trade giant Unilever.

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