British snacking company KP Snacks agreed to buy Butterkist, the popcorn business of Tangerine Confectionery for an undisclosed price. The acquisition will also include the manufacturing facility of Butterkist located in Pontefract, West ...
KP Snacks and Intersnack UK are set to establish a new £16m nut processing and packing facility in Rotherham, Yorkshire. The new facility is expected to produce all of the nuts volume required by the combined entity in the future. ...
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Printpack has been selected as the preferred packaging partner by the UK-based KP Snacks to produce new packaging for the company’s re-branded range of flavored and textured crisps. As part of the new packaging, Printpack selected ...
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US-based packaging firm Printpack has announced that it is the preferred packaging partner for UK-based KP Snacks, for the production of new packaging for its re-branded Phileas Fogg range of flavored and textured crisps. Printpack was ...
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German snack firm Intersnack is set to merge its UK business with United Biscuits' (UB) snacks division, KP Snacks, in 2014. In December 2012, Intersnack acquired KP Snacks from United Biscuits for approximately $600m as part of its ...
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Eagle-eyed viewers of Heston Blumenthal's latest Channel 4 television series 'Heston's Fantastical Foods' will have spotted the latest lighting upgrade undertaken by fragment retention lamp specialist GlassGuard at KP Snacks. KP Snacks ...
The 2012 trend for major cross border merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the UK food and drink industry is set to continue in 2013. That’s the view of expert Andrew McLean, a partner at law firm Stephenson Harwood, in this ...
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Nick Bunker, the head of Kraft Foods' businesses in the UK and Ireland, is to become CEO of United Biscuits recently-separated snacks unit. United Biscuits said today (6 August) Bunker would become chief executive of KP Snacks on 1 ...
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Kraft Foods has appointed a replacement for Nick Bunker as head of its operations in the UK and Ireland. Maurizio Brusadelli, a company veteran, will replace Bunker, who is to become CEO of KP Snacks, United Biscuits' recently-separated ...
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Intersnack has reached a deal to acquire the snack unit of United Biscuits for an undisclosed sum. The privately-held German snack group will take control of KP Snacks, the UK's second-largest snack business with an annual turnover of ...
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German snack firm Intersnack has agreed to acquire UK-based United Biscuits' (UB) snacks division, KP Snacks, from its private equity owners Blackstone and PAI Partners. This move is a part of the Intersnack's strategy to strengthen its ...
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German snack company Intersnack is finalizing an agreement to acquire UK-based United Biscuits' snacks business, KP Snacks, for more than £400m. Intersnack and KP Snacks are likely to announce the agreement this week, reported ...
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Chinese food and beverage firm Wahaha is in a leading position to acquire United Biscuits' snacks business, KP Snacks, for £520m. This move comes after the owners of United Biscuits, US private equity firm Blackstone and the French ...
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KP snacks–the maker of Hula Hoops,KP Nuts and McCoy's–has been bought from United Biscuits by German firm Intersnack for an undisclosed sum. KP Snacks has been bought by Intersnack for an undisclosed sum Analysts had long ...
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UK-based United Biscuits has completed the separation of snacks division from the rest of the operations, as a part of its plan to sell the company in parts. To lead the snacks division, United Biscuits has appointed the current president ...
Tags: snacks division, biscuits and cakes, domestic and international markets