Archive of all Premier Foods articles – Page 16
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NewsPremier Foods splits off Hovis into joint venture with Gores Group
Premier Foods is to split off its bread business, which includes the Hovis brand, as a separate joint venture with US company The Gores Group.
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NewsPremier Foods puts £20m into Mr Kipling factory in Barnsley
Premier Foods is to invest £20m in a new production line for its growing Mr Kipling Snack Pack slices range.
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NewsBranston back on TV after five-year hiatus
Branston pickle is to be advertised on TV for the first time in five years…
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NewsPremier Foods strikes product development deal with AAK
Sharwood’s and Loyd Grossman brand owner Premier Foods has secured a product development agreement with oils and fats producer Aarhus Karlshamn (AAK UK).
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NewsPremier Foods sales drop despite focus on power brands
Premier Foods’ outlook for the full year remains unchanged despite a 3.2% fall in total sales in its third quarter.
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NewsHovis workers strike deal with Premier Foods over agency staff
Premier Foods has reached an agreement with the bakers union – averting a strike scheduled to start at its Hovis plant in Wigan this morning (25 September).
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NewsPremier Foods CFO Mark Moran to be replaced by Alastair Murray
Premier Foods has announced that chief financial officer Mark Moran is to leave the company.
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NewsOxo and Sharwood's get new TV adverts
Premier Foods is running new TV ads for its Sharwood’s and Oxo brands…
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Premier Foods share price booms amid Hovis sale rumours
The share price of Premier Foods has more than doubled since the start of July…
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NewsUnite to 'name and shame' zero-hours contract suppliers
Trade union Unite plans to name and shame food and drink manufacturers that persist in using zero-hours contracts…
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NewsHovis loses lines as Tesco Express prefers Kingsmill and Burgen
Tesco is shaking up the bread fixture in its Express c-stores – spelling more bad news for Hovis…
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NewsHovis workers begin strike at Premier Foods factory in Wigan
Workers at the Hovis bread factory in Wigan have today started the first of three scheduled week-long strikes.
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NewsPremier ‘moving away’ from zero-hours contracts as Hovis bakers eye strike
Hovis owner Premier Foods has said it does not use zero-hours contracts – but could not say whether temporary agency staff were employed under such conditions on its sites.
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NewsPremier Foods reveals plans for secondary brands
Premier Foods boss Gavin Darby has revealed his plans for the company’s second-string brands…
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Premier Foods rides power brands to 50% rise in half-year profits
Premier Foods, owner of Hovis, Bisto and Ambrosia, has raised its full-year expectations after reporting a 50% year-on-year hike in trading profit in the six months to 30 June.
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NewsHovis set to go big in biscuits as 2 Sisters strikes deal with Premier
Hovis is set to ramp up its presence in the biscuit market following the agreement of a licensing deal between owner Premier Foods and 2 Sisters Food Group.
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NewsAssociated British Foods notches up a star performance
ABF’s grocery sales have been sluggish in recent years, but this week the division was a star performer…
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NewsPremier Foods to axe half of its 3,000 suppliers
Premier Foods is demanding suppliers start paying into a new “investment fund” as part of a major growth strategy…
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Premier Foods shuts Barry site in overhaul of milling business
Premier Foods is to split its milling business into two divisions to strengthen its focus on supplying flour to third parties.
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NewsThorntons is top of the bill in week of recoveries
In a good week for recovery stories, Thorntons topped the bill…