Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, casting doubt over the future of 15 jobs at the Dunaskin Street site. Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, putting 15 jobs ...
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Premier Foods has renewed its long-standing license to manufacture Cadbury-branded cake products until at least June 2017 as part of its plan to boost growth in the cake category. The new licensing deal negotiated with Cadbury ...
Premier Foods plc has refused to be drawn on reports it has hired Goldman Sachs to talk to potential suitors for its bread business. Sky News and The Times reported the UK food maker had asked the investment bank to sound out whether ...
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Premier Foods plc has poached executives from UK snack manufacturer United Biscuits and retail giant Sainsbury's to bolster the marketing team behind its "power brands". Claire Harrison-Church has taken the newly-created role of director ...
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Some 900 jobs are to go at Premier Foods plc after the Hovis manufacturer announced a range of measures to reshape its bread business. Premier plans to close two bakeries, cut over 100 distribution routes and revamp its logistics ...
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Premier Foods plc has sold ethnic flour business Elephant Atta to UK rival Associated British Foods, the latest disposal in its move to cut debts. The GBP34m (US$52.8m) deal includes the Elephant Atta brand, which Premier described as the ...
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Premier Foods plc chairman Ronnie Bell has decided to leave the UK food manufacturer after 18 months in the role. Former Kraft Foods veteran Bell joined Premier in October 2010 just weeks after the Hovis bread and Ambrosia custard maker ...
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Premier Foods plc has offloaded another of its brands, this morning (30 October) announcing the sale of Branston pickle to Japanese group Mizkan. The UK food manufacturer has agreed to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces to Mizkan for ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has sold Elephant Atta ethnic flour business to Westmill Foods,a subsidiary of Associated British Foods(ABF),in an all-cash deal of £34m,as a part of its plan to lower debts and avoid a breach of its credit ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has announced its plans to close two bakery sites and streamline its distribution network, as a part of its effort to revamp its struggling Hovis bread business. This move will lead to a loss of 900 jobs. This ...
UK-based Premier Foods has entered into an agreement to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Japanese food firm Mizkan for£92.5m in cash. The sale includes production,distribution,sales,marketing and licensing of the ...
Britain's biggest food manufacturer has unveiled plans to close two bakeries and four distribution centres with the loss of 900 jobs from its bread division. Premier Foods plans to close its Greenford bakery site in west London and its ...
This week, just-food attended the SIAL food and drink exhibition in Paris where the team caught up food manufacturers including Genius Foods, Dare Foods, The Irish Dairy Board, as well as the Irish Prime Minister. Outside of Paris, the UK ...
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Unilever CEO Paul Polman is one of the most prominent advocates of companies pursuing an agenda of sustainability and this week he outlined the company's progress. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores was forced to react to claims of bribery in its ...
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Premier Foods plc has booked an increase in first-quarter sales, boosted by the performance of its 'power brands'. For the three months to the end of March, group sales edged up 1.3% to GBP427m (US$689.6m), the Hovis maker reported today ...
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