Multi-national meat company Vion has sold its Debbie & Andrew’s sausage brand to WA Turner, a subsidiary of ABP Food Group, for an undisclosed sum. ABP subsidiary WA Turner has acquired the Debbie & Andrew’s sausage brand ...
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Scottish food firm Browns Food Group has purchased the Hall's brand from Dutch group Vion. Browns said the move "effectively merged" two of Scotland's "oldest family-owned food businesses". "We are very pleased to have secured the ...
Scottish food manufacturer Browns Food Group has acquired the Hall's brand from Dutch multi-national Vion for an undisclosed sum, safeguarding 50 jobs. Browns' aquisition of the Hall's brand has saved 50 jobs Browns finance director ...
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Unite the union has urged Asda to reinstate its contract with Welsh Country Foods (WCF). The plea comes after WCF’s owner Vion UK warned that losing the contract could force the closure of the Anglesey site with the loss of up to 350 ...
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Dutch food firm Vion has entered into an agreement to sell its Oerlemans Foods to Baltussen Holding for an undisclosed amount, as part of its efforts to focus on its food operations in the Netherlands and Germany and on its global ...
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Dutch food group Vion has entered into a deal to sell its frozen vegetables, fruit and potato products firm Oerlemans Foods to fresh vegetables producer Baltussen Holding. The struggling meat processor, which this month finalised a deal ...
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Nearly 350 jobs are under threat at Vion's Welsh Country Foods' lamb processing facility on the Island of Anglesey, after the manufacturer warned today (January 11) that it could be forced to close the business. The firm has launched a ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
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Dutch food company Vion has agreed for a management-buyout of its UK pork business, securing nearly 4000 jobs. The deal is being led by Seamus Carr, managing director of Vion's pork business unit, and is supported by UK private equity ...
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Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell. The company today (13 December) confirmed UK private-equity firm Endless would back a ...
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Dutch food manufacturing giant Vion has agreed a management buyout of its UK pork operations, safeguarding about 4,000 jobs. The new venture, backed by private equity firm Endless, will be led by Seamus Carr, md of Vion’s Pork ...
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Dutch food group Vion, which last week announced it wants to quit the UK, has set out plans to cut jobs from its domestic business. More than 100 staff within Vion's operations in the Netherlands could be affected from a move to improve ...
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Dutch meat group Vion has reaffimed that its Hall's of Broxburn processing facility will close, with none of the bids received having provided a "viable alternative". In a letter to workers earlier this month, Vion said it was still in ...
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Dutch meat supplier Vion has announced it wants to quit the UK, a market it has said suffers from over-capacity and "extremely challenging" trading conditions. Vion said today (19 November) it is already in "detailed discussions with a ...
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The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
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