Sources said CTO Holdings, part of Northern Ireland’s Tayto, which bought Golden Wonder’s Corby plant last month, was frontrunner for the Scunthorpe site. UB was tipped to secure a deal for Nik Naks and Wheat Crunchies under its KP arm.
A third bidder was rumoured to be a venture capitalist, while a team of three former Golden Wonder bosses was understood to be out of the running.
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