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
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.
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.