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NewsRanjit Singh slams ‘disaster’ farm tax and warns of shortages and inflation
The ’Chicken King’ has warned changes to inheritance tax will force many farms out of business, while also restricting supply and driving up prices
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NewsBoparan feed mill acquisition could hamper competition and drive inflation: CMA
The competition watchdog said the deal could lead to a ’substantial lessening of competition in the supply of poultry feed to independent customers’
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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