Star Wars, 2 Sisters and investment lead week’s news
A £70M acquisition, 2 Sisters Food Group and Star Wars all feature in our selection of the week’s top food and drink manufacturing news.
Archives for December 18, 2015
Beware Christmas jams – on the road
Traffic jams nationwide could frustrate Christmas deliveries today – the busiest getaway day of the festive season, with more than 14M people taking to the roads, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
Lotus Bakeries buys Urban Fresh Foods for £70M
Belgian biscuit maker Lotus Bakeries has bought Urban Fresh Foods, the manufacturer of Bear fruit snacks and Urban Fruit in a £70M deal.
Asda lorry crash spills booze
An Asda lorry crashed into a traffic light and overturned, strewing boxes of alcoholic and soft drinks across the road yesterday morning.
R&R Ice Cream plant in top five after £25M spend
R&R Ice Cream’s £25M investment at its Leeming Bar factory in North Yorkshire has boosted output by 20% and made the firm the globe’s third largest ice cream manufacturer.
Graham’s dairy sales grow to £86.5M in ‘excellent’ 2015
Graham’s The Family Dairy is celebrating an “excellent” end to 2015, which has seen sales grow from £85M to £86.6M, the acquisition of a new dairy site and new product launches.