Bright Blue Foods (BBF) has agreed to acquire Greencore Group’s cakes and desserts business in Hull, UK for an undisclosed sum. The transaction along with an earlier announced closure of a desserts facility in Evercreech will enable ...
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Kingsmoor Packaging, a Somerset-based thermoforming company, has developed food grade packaging solutions for Irish food company Greencore’s grab and go lunch options. Kingsmoor has provided around four packaging solutions for 11of ...
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Greencore Group has acquired Peacock Foods from affiliates of Charlesbank Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Based in Geneva of Illinois, Peacock Foods provides packaging and supply chain management solutions to the consumer food ...
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Irish food company Greencore Group has announced the proposed acquisition of Peacock Foods for $747.5m to expand its presence in the US. The US based Peacock Foods is headquartered in Geneva, Illinois and is into producing frozen ...
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British packaging company Benson Group will be exhibiting its premium carton board packaging solutions for the gift trade at Top Drawer in London’s Olympia this January. Benson primarily produces printed folding cartons for the food ...
Danish food packaging specialist Faerch Plast has supplied new dual colour CPET trays in sage & cream to British food firm Greencore for the re-launch of Tesco's core Italian ready meal range. The move comes as Greencore challenged Faerch ...
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Irish food company Greencore plans to strengthen its presence in the US with a new sandwich manufacturing facility in Rhode Island, with an investment of around £20m. The 100,000ft2 facility will enable Greencore USA to extend ...
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Kent-based savoury ingredients manufacturer Jardox has invested in four Loma IQ3 metal detectors and two CW3 checkweighers in the last three years. Meeting retailer standards – and in particular the stringent M&S code of practice for ...
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Greencore’s full-year results reveal both the resilience of the convenience foods sector, after the horsemeat scandal, and the potential for earnings per share growth next year, according to City analyst Panmure Gordon. Greencore ...
The clear packaging specialist linked up with Greencore Cakes & Desserts. Traditionally the protective collars were produced on folding boxboard with a grease resistant barrier to help minimise staining the printed branding and back of pack ...
Greencore's third quarter (Q3) results tell a tale of two regions, with strong progress in the US offsetting declines in its UK home market. Greencore's product mix includes a range of prepared meals Italian ready meals, poor weather ...
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Greencore has reported a significant increase in its half-year results, despite the problems it has faced with the horsemeat contamination scandal. Coveney acknowledged that the UK retail environment was a tough one The convenience ...
Chilled food manufacturer Greencore will continue to benefit from the long-term trend towards convenience food but, in the UK, the horsemeat scandal is continuing to depress its performance. Patrick Coveney predicted adjusted earnings per ...
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A dessert manufacturer is building a 2.5M factory in Cumbria that will create 50 jobs to cater for the growing trend for miniature desserts. Shot glass portions give customers a quick hit of indulgence "Everything's going miniature," ...
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Foodservice supplier Brakes has put 90 jobs at risk by deciding to outsource desserts production from its subsidiary division Creative Foods in Cornwall to Greencore’s Ministry of Cake company in Devon. Greencore is picking up ...
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