IRELAND/UK: Greencore, Northern Foods to merge
By: just-food.com | 17 November 2010
Irish ready-meals supplier Greencore and Fox's biscuits group Northern Foods have agreed to merge in a transaction that will create a company with annual sales of around GBP1.7bn (US$2.7bn).
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Irish ready-meals supplier Greencore and Fox's biscuits group Northern Foods have agreed to merge in a transaction that will create a company with annual sales of around GBP1.7bn (US$2.7bn).
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