Premier Foods

Three Scottish companies have been shortlisted as the FDF's 2022 Award finalists. Pic: GettyImages/Andrew Brookes/Image Source

Nairn’s Oatcakes shortlisted for 2022 FDF Award

By Gill Hyslop

Nairn’s Oatcakes is one of three of Scotland’s leading producers to be nominated for the FDF Awards 2022 – to be announced in September – which celebrates exceptional talent, excellence and innovation in the industry.

Lanson Goup is making an entry into the Indian snack market with its new mini ready-to-eat poppadums. Pic: ©GettyImages/JoeGough

Lanson Group forays into ready-to-eat snacks segment

By Gill Hyslop

Indian conglomerate Lanson Group has announced its entry into the snacks segment with the launch of Popodax, mini ready-to-eat appalams designed to appeal to time-strapped Indian consumer.

Premier Foods reported it sold a whopping 220 million mince pies in 2017 - four million more than a year earlier. Pic: ©GettyImages/budgetstockphoto

Q3 2017 results

Premier Foods: Q3 results sweetened by sales of private label mince pies

By Gill Hyslop

Premier Foods reported a 26% increase in its international sales for Q3 2017 – reflecting the ‘strategic benefit’ of its partnerships with Nissin and Mondelez International – but the company’s biggest growth came from non-branded sales, led by mince pies.

Premier Foods has reported sliding first quarter sales

Premier Foods sales hit by early Easter

By Michael Stones

Premier Foods has reported sliding sales in its first quarter results to July 4, due to this year’s early Easter, ahead of its annual general meeting yesterday.

The accident happened at Premier's Mr Kipling cake factory

Premier Foods’s skull-crush worker wins payout

By Nicholas Robinson

A Premier Foods engineer has received a significant amount in compensation after he was left with life-changing injuries following a devastating accident at its Moreton cake factory.

Kingsmill, Warburtons and Hovis made the top 20 with white bread products, but every brand saw sales drop between 10-15%

IRI F&B DATA: Part I on bread

White bread chomps into UK top 20 F&B but sales plummet

By Kacey Culliney

Three major white bread brands have made it into the UK’s top 20 best-selling food and beverage list, according to IRI data, but every single one has seen sales plummet.

The Union flag packaging will run across three Hovis Soft White brands from April to promote the shift back to British wheat

Hovis back to sourcing British wheat

By Kacey Culliney

Premier Foods has recommenced sourcing British wheat for its Hovis brand but cannot bring back its ‘100% British wheat’ pack claim due to continued uncertainty, it says.

One down: Premier Foods' joint venture deal with the Gores Group will allow the business to focus on its seven remaining Power Brands, said Shore Capital

Mixed reaction to Premier Foods’ Hovis partnership with Gores

By Michael Stones

Premier Foods’ £87.5M joint venture with the US-based Gores Group has drawn a mixed reception from leading City analysts, as the manufacturer confirmed trading profit for the year ended December 31 would be in line with market expectations.

The revival of Hovis needs to happen within a broader balancing of the UK packaged bread market, says analyst

Can a US equity giant revive Hovis?

By Kacey Culliney

US Gores Group is allegedly in talks to buy out a stake of Premier Foods’ Hovis business and a city analyst has said that geography would not impact its ability to turn around the struggling brand.

Premier Foods' plan to seek a financial partner for its bread business has divided City opinion

Premier Foods tight-lipped on bread sale

By Michael Stones

Premier Foods is remaining tight-lipped about reports that the Mexican bakery Grupo Bimbo may acquire its troubled bread division, as the firm’s short-term prospects divided City opinion.

Canada sets sights on UK wheat market as part of European trade expansion plans

Canadian wheat imports to UK up 50%

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Poor UK harvests and a deregulation of Canada’s grain market has meant that Canadian wheat sales to the UK have increased by 50%, but the UK industry says that need not mean a long term trend.