UK-based private equity firm Mayfair Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in bakery company Promise Gluten Free. Based in Donegal, Ireland, Promise was founded in 2011 by Declan Gallagher, Tom Doyle and Ciaran Lally. Promise is ...
Tags: Cuisine Royale, gluten
Nutella and Tic Tac maker Ferrero International has announced to acquire some of the brands of UK based food manufacturer United Biscuits for an undisclosed sum. The Italian chocolatier is planning to buy Belgian cookies Delacre and ...
2 Sisters Food Group is reportedly negotiating to sell its Fox's Biscuits unit to Burton's Biscuits, which is owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The sale, which is being advised by Rothschild could bring the valuation of 2 Sisters ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, Biscuits
United Biscuits (UB), a leading international manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes, has announced its biggest NPD for 2016 with the launch of new McVitie’s Digestives Nibbles. The first innovation of its kind for the UK ...
Tags: United Biscuits, Nibbly Nibble
United Biscuits (UB), a leading international manufacturer of biscuits, cakes and snacks, has officially opened its flagship eCommerce store for consumers in China on Alibaba Group's Tmall Global platform. The launch of the store is ...
United Biscuits (UB), the international manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, has unveiled the new-look packaging and a revamped logo for its Jacob's range. Jacob's range's new identity and packaging designs is part of the company's ...
Tags: snacks market, biscuits, Agriculture
UK-based establishment United Biscuits is planning to cut over 200 jobs at its McVitie’s factory in Glasgow, in a move to restructure working practices and manufacturing operations at the site. Commenting on the job cuts, GMB ...
Tags: Biscuits, jobs, Agriculture
Turkey’s Yildiz Holding has signed a deal to acquire UK-based cookie firm United Biscuits, the maker of Jaffa Cakes and Jacob Crackers, as part of its strategy to expand into new markets. Once the deal is closed, the Turkish firm ...
Tags: United Biscuits, Turkish firm, Agriculture
United Biscuits (UBUK), a UK-based manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, has acquired a stake in A & P Foods, a Nigeria-based biscuits manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum. The investment is in line with the company's overseas expansion ...
Tags: United Biscuits, Nigerian Biscuit
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. ...
Tags: Nut Processing, Snacks
2 Sisters Food Group, and PepsiCo are among the trade buyers that could snap up Burton's Biscuits, although the deal could easily go to a private equity house, according to analysts. Burton's makes Cadbury-branded biscuits under licence ...
United Biscuits (UBUK), a UK-based manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, has unveiled McVitie’s Digestives Cheesecake Creams. The new product complements the McVitie's Digestives range that capitalizes on the link between McVitie's ...
Tags: Agriculture&Food, United Biscuits, Creams
The square-shaped biscuit box is the first plastic packaging produced by the Weidenhammer Packaging Group in its British factory located in Bradford. The Family Circle box is sealed with a plastic lid, which ensures aroma protection and ...
Since August 2012, Weidenhammer UK, the British subsidiary of the Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), supplies United Biscuits with a high-quality In-Mold Labeling (IML) box for its "Family Circle" biscuits. The square-shaped Family ...
Tags: Packaging, Biscuit Packaging
French private equity firm PAI Partners has agreed to acquire Europe's leading private-label ice cream maker R&R Ice Cream from Oaktree Capital in a deal worth EUR850m. The acquisition is the first purchase in the food industry for PAI ...
Tags: R&R Ice Cream, Food