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Irish food group Greencore has sold its UK cakes and desserts business to Bright Blue Foods for an undisclosed sum.

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Aunt Bessie's is taking its range of Yorkshire puddings – a staple ingredient of traditional roast dinners in the UK – into the chilled category.

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Mondelez International was among a clutch of major players speaking at Barclays' investor conference in Boston this week and the snacks giant set out strategies to try to drive sales. In a busy week of M&A, US bakery giant Flowers Foods bought another organic bread maker, Unilever sold its Indian bakery arm and the owner of Quorn started an auction for the UK meat-free business.

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Bright Blue Foods, the UK own-label cake supplier, has a new private-equity owner after NBGI Private Equity sold a majority stake in the business to Endless.

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William Jackson Food Group is taking its frozen food brand Aunt Bessie's into the cake aisle.

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UK-based own-label baker Bright Blue Foods is to close its plant in Manchester in a bid to have a more "effective" production network.