Vion deal sees 2 Sisters beef up UK meat ops

Boparan Holdings, 2 Sisters Food Group's owner, has snapped up Vion's UK poultry and red meat assets, its latest move in the consolidation of the country's food sector.

In the spotlight: Boparan continues M&A march with Vion buy

5 March 2013

Boparan Holdings, the parent company of 2 Sisters Food Group, has continued its drive to rapidly expand its footprint with the announcement that it has acquired the remaining Vion meat businesses in the UK. Katy Askew takes a look at how ambitious 2 Sisters hopes to succeed in a market where Vion struggled.

UK: 2 Sisters acquires Vion UK units

4 March 2013

Boparan Holdings Limited, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has acquired Vion's poultry and red meat processing businesses in the UK.

HORSEMEAT: Tesco to 'bring meat production home' - CEO

27 February 2013

Tesco has indicated that it will source more meat in the UK as it looks to tighten security down the supply chain in response to the horsemeat scandal that has engulfed Europe.

NETHERLANDS/UK: Vion strikes deal for MBO of UK pork arm

13 December 2012

Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell.

UK: FY profit at 2 Sisters parent Boparan Holdings

1 November 2012

Boparan Holdings, the parent company of UK firm 2 Sisters Food Group, has moved into the black in its last financial year when its sales grew ahead of the market.

UK: Premier offloads Brookes Avana to 2 Sisters

9 December 2011

Premier Foods plc is to sell its under-performing Brookes Avana subsidiary to 2 Sisters Food Group for GBP30m (US$46.8m).

In the spotlight: Boparan outfoxes Greencore in bid for Northern

11 March 2011

Ranjit Boparan looks set to seal control of Northern Foods next week, having trumped the merger offer made by Irish food group Greencore late last year. Ben Cooper reports.