2 Sisters Food Group has forged a licensing agreement with Premier Foods for the production, distribution, sales and marketing of its Hovis Breakfast Bakes range of breakfast biscuits.
Holland’s Pies has confirmed that 10 manufacturing staff will leave the Accrington firm as it bids to become “more efficient and competitive in the marketplace”.
Northern Foods and Kraft have successfully offset high commodity costs by focusing on core brands, while Weston Foods suffered an operating income decline of 30 per cent.
UK bakery giant Northern Foods has disposed of its well-established
pastry and flour divisions in order to focus fully on the core
pizza, ready meals and sandwich sectors of its snacking empire.
Northern Foods reported a drop in bakery sales this week with the
sector falling 6.6 per cent from 18.6 per cent after a
disappointing performance for the quarter ended 30 September.
Northern Foods yesterday reported a 1.1 per cent drop in underlying
revenues for the quarter ended 30 September, as the UK-based
company continues to shed underperforming units.
After six months of sliding sales, rising production costs and now
a devastating factory fire, Northern Foods' chairman has warned the
year's first-half profits will be dented.
Fire has devastated a UK bakery plant owned by struggling food
processors, Northern Foods, in an incident likely to harm their
already faltering profits.
Like other convenience food producers in the UK, Northern Foods is
struggling amidst sliding sales - issuing its second profit warning
in two months as consumers shun biscuits, pastries and pizza.
Northern Foods has vowed to take its battle over who can make
Melton Mowbray pork pies to a higher court, after being stymed by a
UK judge who ruled that an application by local producers for
protected status can proceed under EU...
Northern Foods, one of the UK's leading suppliers to Marks &
Spencer, yesterday announced a sharp fall in annual profits after a
year of tough restructuring.
UK-based manufacturer Northern Foods has agreed the £12.6 million
sale of Cavaghan & Gray Seafood (C&GS) chilled and frozen
fish business to IFP Holdings, a subsidiary of Icelandic Group
(IFP).
UK food processor Northern Foods has blamed a drop in pre-tax
profit on tough trading conditions in the first half of the year.
The group is taking stock of the situation and a full review of the
company's structure is being...
Northern Foods has continued its strategy of focusing on the
fast-growing convenience food sector with the sale of its Fox's
Confectionery unit. Will the troubled Fox's biscuit business be the
next unit put on the market?
