Vicky Foods invests €19 million to double capacity at its bakery plant in Algeria
Spanish food group Vicky Foods has put €19 million into enlarging its Sig plant in the wilaya of Mascara, adding a warehouse and two production lines worth 15,000 tonnes of capacity and around 100 jobs. The first line, for sponge cakes, started in July 2026; a bread line follows in October 2026. The move targets Algeria's packaged bakery segment, where sales reached €2.55 billion in November 2024.
Vicky Foods, the Spanish food group behind the Dulcesol brand, has invested €19 million in expanding its bakery plant at Sig, in the wilaya of Mascara, Algeria. The company announced the investment on 23 September, according to La Tribune Afrique, which reported that the spending doubles the capacity of the site.
The package covers a new warehouse and two additional production lines, and is expected to generate around 100 jobs. The Sig plant, which started operating in 2014, was Vicky Foods’ first manufacturing site outside Spain.
Two lines, 15,000 tonnes of added capacity
The first line is dedicated to sponge cakes. It entered service in July 2026 and adds 7,000 tonnes of capacity, allowing the plant to make new products including mini-snacks, small rolled cakes and individually portioned pastries.
The second line is due to start up in October 2026 and will be dedicated to hamburger buns, sliced sandwich bread and other bakery goods. It is expected to contribute a further 8,000 tonnes, bringing the two lines to 15,000 tonnes of new capacity between them.
Group chief executive Rafael Juan said the extension gives “continuity to the industrial project” the company launched in Algeria.
Wheat-based demand and a fragmented pastry market
Food demand in Algeria ranks among the largest in Africa and remains dominated by staples, but the market also offers openings for makers of processed products. According to La Tribune Afrique, its potential rests on the place of wheat in the Algerian diet and on the growing diversification of wheat-based products: alongside the baguette, a staple whose price is regulated, special breads and packaged bakery products are expanding.
Data cited by Djazagro put bakery and pastry sales at €2.55 billion (388 billion dinars) in November 2024, up 8%, while pastry sales rose 9% to 8 billion dinars.
The competitive structure remains highly fragmented. Small independent bakeries still account for the bulk of cake and pastry sales, and Vicky Foods presents Dulcesol as one of the reference brands of the Algerian pastry market. The new capacity is intended to win incremental share from artisanal bakers and rival manufacturers in the country.
Algeria inside a wider expansion
The extension comes as international business takes on more weight in the group’s results. In 2025, international sales reached €193 million, up 23%, and accounted for a quarter of total revenue. Group sales came to €761 million.
Vicky Foods names Algeria and Portugal among the markets where its progress was particularly strong, without publishing revenue specific to Algeria. That leaves the scale of its Algerian position measurable only through capacity rather than turnover.
The Algerian outlay is modest next to the group’s other 2025 moves. It opened its first plant in France, built on an investment of more than €100 million, and strengthened its bread business by acquiring the Panrico brand and a production site in Portugal.
