Inside food & drink manufacturing
Greencore is still not ruling itself out of the bidding for Northern Foods, but City analysts believe it may be better off walking away now than leveraging itself up to the hilt in order to trump Ranjit Boparan's 73p/share cash offer.
Major retailers put the squeeze on processors as global ingredients costs rocket
United Biscuits has appointed UK md Benoit Testard as its new group chief executive as current boss executive chairman David Fish moves into a non-executive role.
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Production has stopped at Longbenton Foods’ Benton Lane factory in Longbenton.