Pork Farms owner Vision Capital is fishing for prospective buyers for the chilled savoury pastry manufacturer, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Pork Farms makes chilled savoury pastry products The private equity firm, with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pork
Japanese food group Mizkan has said it wants to make further acquisitions in the UK condiments market followings its deal to buy Premier Food plc's vinegar and sour pickles business last month. Speaking exclusively to just-food, Mizkan ...
Tags: Mizkan, further M&A, UK condiments
Premier Foods plc has sold ethnic flour business Elephant Atta to UK rival Associated British Foods, the latest disposal in its move to cut debts. The GBP34m (US$52.8m) deal includes the Elephant Atta brand, which Premier described as the ...
Tags: Premier Foods plc, ethnic flour, food industry, food market
Premier Foods plc has offloaded another of its brands, this morning (30 October) announcing the sale of Branston pickle to Japanese group Mizkan. The UK food manufacturer has agreed to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces to Mizkan for ...
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The Office of Fair Trading(OFT)–the UK's competition watchdog,has started an investigation into the proposed sale of Premier Foods'vinegar and sour pickles business to Japanese food firm Mizkan. In June 2012,Premier Foods announced ...
Tags: OFT, sour pickles, competition
In the UK, the increasing level of couponing in retail set the industry talking this week as Tesco CEO Philip Clarke noted the step-up in this type of promotion, while industry analysts gave their views on this growing trend. Elsewhere, ...
Tags: retail, Tesco, shares in the meat, promotional