UK-based Premier Foods plans to shut down its Glasgow flour mill by the end of the first quarter of 2013,in response to low milling volumes. The closure of the facility is expected to lead to a loss of 15 jobs.This decision comes after ...
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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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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
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The acquisition of Premier Foods’ East Anglian canning business has helped to boost the sales figures growth of food and drink manufacturer Princes by 28%, according to figures filed at Companies House last week (December 12). ...
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Big businesses feel that Google is not a suitable choice for enterprise contracts, according to a survey. The Corporate IT Forum, which represents IT directors and CIOs, surveyed 100 heads of IT at some of the UK's largest organisations. ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has been fined £15,000 for exceeding the permitted levels of trade effluent that was discharged into Severn Trent Water's sewer system.The company was also asked to pay legal costs of £5,106.18. The ...
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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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UK food manufacturer Princes has booked an increase in annual profits thanks to its acquisition of canned food assets from Premier Foods last year. The company grew profit after tax by 13% in the year to 31 March to GBP31.1m ...
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It's the time of the year when we look back at the 12 months just past to see what was getting you clicking on just-food. The ten most-read news stories of 2012 include UK grocers signing a code of conduct on promos and Tesco announcing it ...
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 ...
The acquisition of Premier Foods’ East Anglian canning business has helped to boost the sales figures growth of food and drink manufacturer Princes by 28%, according to figures filed at Companies House last week (December 12). ...
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Rising sugar prices in Europe helped boost revenues and offset flat grocery sales for Associated British Foods in its third quarter. Group sales climbed 13% in the 16 weeks ended 23 June, the Ryvita maker said today (12 July). Sugar ...
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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 become the latest company to launch a range of breakfast biscuits in the UK. The group is hoping to tap into the GBP33m (US$52.4m) breakfast biscuit market with the launch of Hovis Breakfast Bakes. It has ...
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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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