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Boparan joint venture raises chicken industry competition concerns
A planned joint venture involving a company linked to UK chicken heavyweight 2 Sisters Food Group has raised concerns with…
Why might have Ferrero reached into tin for Fox’s Biscuits?
In buying a clutch of Fox's Biscuits assets from UK manufacturer 2 Sisters Food Group, Ferrero has bought a tired…
2 Sisters sells clutch of Fox’s Biscuits assets to Ferrero
UK manufacturer 2 Sisters Food Group has sold part of its Fox's Biscuits business to an affiliate of Italian sweet-snacks…
Ferrero ‘eyeing move for UK biscuit maker Fox’s’
Italy-based sweet-snacks giant Ferrero, home to brands including Kinder and Nutella, is reported to be working on a possible bid…
New products – Nestle enters alternative seafood category; Green Giant breadsticks from B&G Foods; Country Archer’s Zero Sugar Jerky; Unilever’s Hellmann’s brand rolls out coleslaw
This week's batch of new products includes Nestle's move into seafood alternatives and a new category for Premier Foods. Nestle…
2 Sisters installs former Co-op boss Richard Pennycook as new chairman
2 Sisters Food Group has installed the former boss of The Co-op supermarket chain Richard Pennycook as the new chairman…
2 Sisters owner ‘returns to poultry operations as sale talk around Fox’s Biscuits builds’
Ranjit Singh Boparan, the owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, has reportedly taken over the UK-based firm's key poultry operations…
Symington’s says CEO John Power left in September, with food veteran David Cox set to take over
UK food company Symington's announced today (30 October) its chief executive John Power departed in September having served in the…
PE firm Qualium in “talks” on Biscuit International
Qualium Investissement is in talks over Biscuit International, the European supplier in which the French private-equity house holds a majority stake,…
Towerbrook Capital ‘plotting acquisitions of two biscuit firms’
UK-based private-equity firm Towerbrook Capital is reportedly eyeing the merger of two biscuit manufacturers - Fox's Biscuits and France-headquartered, European player Biscuit…