Scotland-based Mackie’s Crisps, a joint venture between Taylors Food Group and Mackie’s of Scotland, has opened a new crisp manufacturing facility in Errol, Perthshire. With the new facility, Mackie's production has more than ...
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Premier Foods announced the deal with 2 Sisters over Hovis Breakfast Bakes last week "I think we will see an increasing number of this sort of deal. There's no point in investing in manufacturing if someone else has got the expertise," ...
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Specialist meat packer Hilton Food Group's strategy of operating with one customer per market could lead it to benefit from the horsemeat crisis, predicted City analyst Shore Capital. Hilton Foods' business model of one customer per ...
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Finsbury Food Group is stepping up investment in its core UK bakery division as it slashes debt and announces strong profits in an annual pre-close financial statement. Duffy: sale of 'free-from' business has proven 'hugely beneficial ...
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Confusion over job cuts at Tulip is rife among industry insiders and analysts at a time when things were beginning to look up for UK and export markets for pork. Tulip's pork business is doing well, according to industry commentators ...
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Financial representatives are attempting to forge a sale of some or all of chilled food firm Bakkavr’s UK facilities to 2 Sisters Food Group, according to a source within 2 Sisters. 2 Sisters has been highly acquisitive recently ...
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England based food-manufacturing company 2 Sisters Food Group has sealed the deal for Packaging Automation with the hire of an in-line high speed tray sealer, the eclipse SL6. According to Packaging Automation, the machine, which can seal ...
Five thousand food jobs in Scotland and Wales have been safeguarded after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approved the 2 Sisters Food Group’s acquisition of Vion UK’s poultry business. About 5,000 food manufacturing jobs ...
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2 Sisters Food Group is considering a bid for Bernard Matthews, according to recent press reports. Speculation surrounds Bernard Matthews as the subject of potential takeover by 2 Sisters The meat processing group, which has hit the ...
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Specialist meat packing business Hilton Food Group is benefiting from its "broad geographic reach" despite the tough economic conditions, said City analyst Pamure Gordon. Hilton's wide geographic spread is helping to mitigate the full ...
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Bad weather and the pressures of the high street have hit Greggs’ sales, leading the retail baker to issue a profits warning. In its interim management statement issued to the stockmarket today (April 29), the company said its own ...
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2 Sisters Food Group has proposed the creation of a second shift at a Welsh chicken processing site it bought from Vion, which could create more than 200 jobs. 2 Sisters may create 200 chicken processing jobs in Anglesey The food ...
Bad weather and the pressures of the high street have hit Greggs’ sales, leading the retail baker to issue a profits warning. Like-for-like sales in Greggs' shops were down In its Interim Management statement issued to the ...
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The Silvercrest factory in the Irish Republic that sold burgers contaminated with horse DNA to Tesco, Burger King and the Co-operative Group, has been sold by its parent company ABP Food Group to Kepak Group. ABP has sold its Silvercrest ...
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Meat packer Hilton Food Group, which supplies retailers such as Tesco, is expected to ride out the recent horsemeat contamination issue unscathed, following publication of its preliminary results for 2012 which showed sales up 5% to 1bn. ...
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