2 Sisters - Latest News and Analysis
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy has the ‘Chicken King’ sold poultry arm to himself?
2 Sisters’ European poultry business will now be run separately
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News‘Chicken King’ Ranjit Singh offloads Euro poultry business to Boparan Private Office
The sale of the business to Boparan Private Office is subject to approval by Polish anti-trust authorities and is due to complete later this month
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NewsPoultry boss calls for manufacturers to tackle food insecurity
The owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, Bernard Matthews, and Banham Poultry has set an annual target of donating five million portions to FareShare
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News2 Sisters owner Boparan remains £23m in the red despite price hikes
2 Sisters owner Boparan remained £23.1m in the red last year despite a double-digit rise in sales as soaring cost inflation hit the poultry giant’s bottom line
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News2 Sisters hires Nigel Williams as new group chief financial officer
Williams will replace the outgoing Craig Tomkinson, who was credited with making a ‘significant contribution, helping transform 2 Sisters for the better’
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NewsThe Co-op completes switch to higher welfare fresh chicken
The retailer’s chicken will now carry the ’Space to to Thrive’ message, to signify its switch to lower stocking densities
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NewsThree men sentenced for defrauding 2 Sisters in £320k theft case
The men were convicted of stealing chicken from 2 Sisters on Anglesey and supplying it to Townsend Poultry in Wolverhampton
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NewsBernard Matthews proposing to close Norfolk poultry factory
The turkey giant is seeking to close its Great Witchingham site, which was found to longer be ‘a sustainable operation’
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NewsM&S unveils new sustainable farming programme for its fresh supply chain
The initiative will help the retailer meet its target of reaching net zero emissions by 2040
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News2 Sisters hunts buyer for Gunstones hot cross bun bakery
2 Sisters Food Group has hired bankers to find a new home for its hot cross bun bakery in Derbyshire as part of continuing efforts to offload non-core assets.
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NewsSupermarkets to produce millions of extra meals as King’s project transforms food surplus
Marks & Spencer and 2 Sisters Food Group today emerged as the first partners in the new world-leading programme
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News2 Sisters firmly in the red amid supply chain woes
Turnover improvements were largely driven by inflation, said the business, which warned inflationary pressures had continued into 2023
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Analysis & FeaturesThe 10 most powerful women in the meat industry
These are the women turning the traditionally male-dominated world of meat on its head
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News2 Sisters’ Singh warns poultry supply chain ‘at breaking point’
As production costs and inflation soar, Singh said ’this is unsustainable and can’t continue’
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News2 Sisters owner Boparan and ForFarmers abandon animal feed joint venture
Boparan subsidiary 2Agriculture had hoped the jv would bring down feed prices
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News2 Sisters set to close Llangefni factory with more than 700 jobs at risk
The poultry giant said the decision to shutter the plant was a response to the ‘continuing’ cost challenges facing the sector
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News‘Worst to come’ from food sector’s myriad crises, says 2 Sisters boss Ronald Kers
The sector was facing an ’existential threat to its future if we have another year like this’, warned CEO Ronald Kers
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News2 Sisters agrees sale of Holland’s Pies and bakery division
2 Sisters Food Group is close to offloading its bakery division after striking a conditional agreement with an Irish boutique investment firm
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News2 Sisters hits major high-welfare chicken production milestone
The poultry giant now produces a fifth of its chickens (representing two million birds a week) to the standards of the Better Chicken Commitment
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NewsNew CO2 gas crisis could cost 2 Sisters £1m extra a week, Ranjit Singh Boparan warns
It comes as the UK’s main gas supplier CF Fertilisers announced plans to close its Billingham site last week