“We confirm that Sperlari has made an offer to Paluani, but for the moment we prefer not to comment further on the matter”. After months of indiscretions, with these words the Cremona company, controlled by the German group Katjes International, for the first time formalizes the interest in the historic brand of Verona pandoro, for which the court had accepted the request last October of arrangement with creditors in blank.
To weigh on the accounts of the company, taken over in the sixties by Gino Cordioli and Luigi Campedelli, were above all the counts of Chievo, the football team declared bankrupt, 85% of which was owned by the Campedelli family. Easter 2020, in full pandemic lockdown, then did the rest.
Having understood Sperlari’s intentions, the next step of the court of Verona will be to place this offer as the basis of the auction which, by law, must now be open to definitively award the Paluani, to allow other subjects to participate in the procedure. competitive.
Despite the agreement, from last October to today Paluani has kept the factory open by continuing to produce, albeit in a reduced way, the sweets of the last Christmas and Easter campaigns. The next hearing of the Verona court has been set for Friday 10 June, when Sperlari’s offer will be presented together with the debt restructuring plan. To date, there are 56 Paluani workers in Cigs until the end of August.