Hain Celestial acquires Daily Bread Limited

02 April 2008

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:HAIN), a leading natural and organic food and personal care products company, today announced the acquisition of Daily Bread, Ltd., a London-based producer of branded fresh prepared foods for the foodservice channel in the United Kingdom.

"Building upon the foundation established by our entry into the United Kingdom nearly two years ago, Daily Bread(TM) strengthens our existing prepared foods operation with a branded fresh platform, primarily serving the United Kingdom market," said Irwin D. Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hain Celestial Group. "We're pleased to be joined by Timothy J. Roupell, founder of Daily Bread over 20 years ago, as Executive Director- Daily Bread, who will report to David Arrow, Managing Director-Hain Celestial UK.

Tim will further the efforts of Hain Celestial UK's team in delivering a broad-based fresh prepared foods offering to capitalize on the growth opportunities that exist in this category. We're excited about the potential to expand our fresh branded products in the United Kingdom and in Europe with additional offerings and to increase the sales of our other branded grocery and snacks products in the foodservice and grocery channels."

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