Addo Food Group

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…

What’s PAI Partners’ game plan in buying two UK food groups at once?

PAI Partners' simultaneous transactions to buy UK chilled food businesses Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby has got industry watchers…

UK manufacturers Addo Food Group, Winterbotham Darby sold to PAI Partners in chilled-food one-two

The owners of UK manufacturers Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby have sold up to private-equity firm PAI Partners. Paris-based PAI…

New products – Impossible Foods developing milk alternative; Chobani takes oat drink blend to Australia; Banza moves into frozen pizza; Laird Superfood enters snacks category

The week's stand-out product moves include dairy-free alternatives from Impossible Foods and Chobani, and meat-free pork pies from the UK's Addo…

Addo Food Group to add scores of jobs at UK plant

UK savoury snacks maker Addo Food Group is to take on 65 new employees at a plant in England to…

New products – Addo adds vegan options to Wall’s pastries; Beyond Meat launches plant-based sausage in UK; Ginsters, Quorn combine in plant-based pasty; Moma Foods enters new arena

This week's batch of new products includes an alt-meat version of jerky from US food giant Kellogg and Jack Link's moving…

Jobs at risk as UK food group Addo plans site closure

Addo, the UK savoury snacks maker behind the brands Pork Farms, Wall's and Bowyers, is planning to close a production…

Addo Food Group promotes Deborah Bolton to head up savoury snacks maker

UK-based savoury snacks maker Addo Food Group has promoted Deborah Bolton to chief executive after existing CEO Chris Peters took…

Addo Food Group sold to private-equity firm LDC and Fullbrook Thorpe Investments

UK convenience food maker Addo Food Group has been sold to private-equity firm LDC and investment fund Fullbrook Thorpe Investments.…

Addo Food Group proposes job cuts at UK bakery

Addo Food Group has confirmed it is proposing to cut jobs at its Riverside Bakery site in Nottingham in the UK.…