This week Premier Foods announced plans to axe 900 jobs and to close two bakeries,while Dutch meat group Vion revealed the sale of its UK food businesses?raising doubts about the future of 13,000 employees.Here,we capture a flavour of the ...
Tags: beef, lamb, BSE, food exports
News that debt-laden giant Premier Foods plans to axe 900 jobs,close two bakeries and restructure its distribution system was greeted with fury by unions and applause by City analysts. Unite the union and the Bakers Food and Allied ...
Tags: Premier Foods, job cuts, massive debts
The board of directors of Kumba is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Fani Titi as non-executive chairman of Kumba with effect from 1 October 2012.Mr Titi will take over the chairmanship of Kumba from Mr Allen Morgan who has served ...
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The price of milk dominated headlines in the UK this week, with farmers gathering at a summit to air their views on the implications of the cuts and discuss what can be done. Elsewhere, French retailer Carrefour sounded an upbeat note on ...
Tags: milk, price of milk, yoghurt, bread
U. K. Manufacturing production fell for a second month in November as the weakening economy curtailed demand for metals, wood and paper products. Factory output fell 0.2 percent from October, when it fell a revised 0.9 percent, the Office ...
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