Turkey supplier Bernard Matthews to hire 900 workers under UK visa scheme
The workers are being recruited from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Romania and Bulgaria.
2 Sisters Food Group
2 Sisters Food owner ‘in talks to raise millions of pounds’
'Several' hedge funds have reportedly been approached to raise GBP50m (US$67.1m).
UK’s Banham Poultry sold to 2 Sisters boss Ranjit Singh Boparan
Banham has an annual turnover of around GBP100m (US$137.6m) and sells 650,000 chickens a week.
2 Sisters boss says food in UK is too cheap, warns of price hikes
Ranjit Singh Boparan said UK shoppers are facing a “great food reset” with less choice and higher prices.
2 Sisters mulls closure of “loss-making” Elkes Biscuits
The plant in the English Midlands remained in 2 Sisters' ownership after the sale of the bulk of the company's biscuits business to Ferrero last year.
2 Sisters owner says CO2 crisis “massive body blow” to food supplies
The owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, the UK poultry processing giant, has again warned of potential food shortages, this time linked to the supply of carbon dioxide. Company founder…
Jobs created as 2 Sisters upgrades poultry plant
2 Sisters Food Group is creating more than 200 jobs at a plant in Wales as part of a round of investment at the site. The project has seen the…
UK industry at “crisis point” with serious risk of food shortages, 2 Sisters owner warns
The founder of UK poultry giant 2 Sisters Food Group says the industry is facing a “perfect storm” from labour pressures, inflation and Brexit-related issues - and has called on…
Covid-19 and the food industry in 2021 – daily updates, Wednesday 10 March (free to read)
As we move into 2021, just-food continues to provide daily updates on how the Covid-19 pandemic is still affecting the world's packaged food sector – and how the industry's executives see…
2 Sisters recruiting 500 workers as pandemic pushes up poultry demand
2 Sisters Food Group plans to hire hundreds of workers to meet growing demand for poultry products in the UK with consumers confined to the home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
2020 – The year in food industry M&A
As this year has been dominated by Covid-19, it is impossible to examine M&A activity in the global food industry without doing so through the prism of the virus. For…
