This week's batch of new products includes measured baby-formula tabs from Danone and the UK's Premier Foods entering baking spreads in conjunction with Kerry Group.
Premier Foods has outlined its digital plans in a third-quarter trading update after inking a distribution deal in the US.
Premier Foods, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, has sealed a distribution deal overseas for one of its cake brands.
Andy Coyne looks at significant transactions and emerging themes in merger, acquisition and investment activity in the global food sector during a year like no other.
Premier Foods has made some significant progress in reducing its debt, leaving the door ajar for potential future M&A. Simon Harvey looks at the landscape ahead.
UK bread maker Hovis has been acquired by Endless, confirming media speculation the private-equity fund had emerged as the front-runner for the business. Hovis' owners, US investment firm The Gores…
Endless, a UK-based private-equity firm, is reportedly in "advanced talks" with the owners of bread maker Hovis to acquire the business just as Italian food manufacturer Newlat requested exclusivity in…
Newlat has pulled out of the process to buy Hovis – and will only return to the table if the UK bread maker's owners grant the Italian manufacturer exclusive talks. In a…
This week's selection of new products includes faux meatballs from Beyond Meat in the US and plant-based additions to Symington's Naked pot meal range in the UK. Saputo adds US to Cathedral City…
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Around half a dozen potential suitors have reportedly registered their interest in Hovis, the UK bakery business majority-owned by private-equity firm The Gores Group. UK broadcaster Sky News, citing sources,…
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