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So, what now lies ahead for Greencore, the Ireland-based convenience food group?

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Premier Foods boss Robert Schofield believes the UK food group is on-track, despite its recent travails. This week, however, when Premier published its first-half figures, the market signalled its concern by sending the company's shares tumbling. Dean Best reports.

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With a steady trading update this week, Premier Foods may believe it has stopped the rot at the UK's largest food maker. However, a series of questions still hang over the business and the jury is out over whether the company can thrive in an ever-changing grocery sector. Dean Best reports.

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A telling indicator of the steady move of the organics industry towards the mainstream retail sector is the growth of the "All Things Organic Conference and Trade Show", argues just-food.com's Bruce Hoggard. Just two years old, the show is already gaining an enviable following, and its organisers dished up another tasty programme earlier this month. Hoggard walks us through the event.

Premier Foods plc's decision to sell its meat-free business was seen as a move to reduce a debt pile at the UK's largest food group that, last summer, reached over GBP1.3bn. The unit, renamed Quorn Foods, is now in the hands of Exponent Private Equity. Dean Best spoke to Kevin Brennan, the former Kellogg executive that Premier appointed to run its meat-free operations, and who is now CEO of the new firm.

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The organic and natural food sector is clearly a growth area, led by specialists such as US-based Hain Celestial, and attracting investment from mainstream food producers. In the first of a new monthly series of interviews with key industry figures, Dean Best met David Arrow, managing director of Hain Celestial’s UK operations, to discuss the company’s plans for the UK.

Premier Foods plc has completed the sale of its meat-free unit to Exponent Private Equity, which has created Quorn Foods, a company with the aim of developing the world's "leading meat-alternative business".

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Premier Foods plc has completed the sale of its meat-free unit to Exponent Private Equity, which has created Quorn Foods, a company with the aim of developing the world's "leading meat-alternative business".

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Premier Foods plc, the UK's largest food maker, has sold its meat-free business to Exponent Private Equity for GBP205m (US$328m).

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Premier Foods plc, the UK's largest food maker, has sold its meat-free business to Exponent Private Equity for GBP205m (US$328m).

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UK food group Premier Foods plc has refused to be drawn on a report that claims it is in talks to sell its meat-free brand Quorn to Nestle.

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Hain Celestial is set to start a marketing campaign for its Linda McCartney vegetarian range in the UK, a push that includes the brand's return to the country's TV screens.

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Concerns over Premier Foods’ level of debt have caused the group’s share price to drop 7.74% in morning trade after the UK food manufacturer posted first-half profits in line with expectations.

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Premier Foods today (7 August) reported soaring first half profits, with profit before tax increasing by 123.2% year-on-year from GBP12.5m (US$23.86m) to GBP27.9m, boosted by healthy trading in its core grocery business and the first full half of contributions from its Quorn and Cauldron units.

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Unlike many other food companies, who have been feeling the pinch of a constricted market place and escalating costs, Premier Foods has said that it is confident of its ability to weather the storm. In a buoyant trading statement released today (6 July) Premier said that like-for-like sales growth should meet targets thanks to strong performances from its Quorn, Branston, Loyd Grossman and Ambrosia brands.

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Premier Foods said today (7 March) that it has increased its 2005 full year operating profit by 18.2% on sales that were up 6%, boosted by the acquisition of Bird’s Quorn and Cauldron brands. Like-for-like grocery sales increased by 1.6%.

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UK food manufacturer Premier Foods has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cauldron Foods, a manufacturer of branded, chilled meat free products, from Rayner & Co (Investments) Limited for £27.0m (US$47.8m).

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UK food manufacturer Premier Foods has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cauldron Foods, a manufacturer of branded, chilled meat free products, from Rayner & Co (Investments) Limited for £27.0m (US$47.8m).

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UK vegetarian food company Cauldron Foods has launched two new products – Mushroom Bake, and Cheese, Leek and Potato Grills.

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UK vegetarian food company Cauldron Foods has launched two new products – Mushroom Bake, and Cheese, Leek and Potato Grills.

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Cauldron, a chilled vegetarian foods manufacturer, has launched a new product in its organic pâté line; Moroccan Chickpea Pâté. The company said that this latest pâté was developed in response to the demand for its three existing organic pâtés, themselves launched to complement the existing successful range of conventional pâtés.

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Chilled vegetarian food producer Cauldron Foods has launched a series of new foods onto the UK market. The Organic Spicy Bean Burgers and Organic Mushroom Burgers are, according to the West Country-based company, "an unusual alternative to meat based burgers, delivering a good level of protein and with the added attraction of their organic provenance."

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Chilled vegetarian food producer Cauldron Foods has launched a series of new foods onto the UK market. The Organic Spicy Bean Burgers and Organic Mushroom Burgers are, according to the West Country-based company, "an unusual alternative to meat based burgers, delivering a good level of protein and with the added attraction of their organic provenance."

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The Rayner Food Group, based in Edmonton, London, has been acquired by its management. The company manufactures condiments and sauces under its Burgess and own-label brands, a range of organic and non-organic honeys, chutneys and vinegars principally under the Martlet brand and chilled vegetarian foods under the Cauldron brand.

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The Rayner Food Group, based in Edmonton, London, has been acquired by its management. The company manufactures condiments and sauces under its Burgess and own-label brands, a range of organic and non-organic honeys, chutneys and vinegars principally under the Martlet brand and chilled vegetarian foods under the Cauldron brand.