Archive of all 2 Sisters articles – Page 5
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2 Sisters defends Efra MPs ‘biscuit-gate’ gift
The supplier sent members of the Committee hampers of biscuits following CEO Ranjit Singh’s appearance in October
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2 Sisters pledges to publish results of all factory audits
It comes as The Guardian and ITV published fresh claims over ‘process issues’ today
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2 Sisters profits hit by site closure and rising commodities
Operating profits at 2 Sisters fell 58% to £8.4m in the 13 weeks to 28 October…
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Analysis & Features
UK food assurance is broken. So how do we fix it?
More audits and inspections are not the answers, say experts. We need to start asking smarter questions of UK food businesses
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‘Easy to game’: MPs deliver damning verdict on UK food audits after 2 Sisters scandal
MPs on the Efra committee say accreditation bodies need to take the scandal as a ‘wake-up call’ and tighten up their standards
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2 Sisters slumps into the red in fourth quarter
The company has also warned the recent food safety scandal at its West Bromwich factory would impact its Q1 results
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2 Sisters reopens scandal-hit West Bromwich plant
Sainsbury’s said it would not be accepting stock from the West Bromwich site…
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'It's time to change' says 2 Sisters boss as he faces MPs over chicken scandal
Ranjit Singh also offered to pay for FSA inspectors as he seeks to rebuild confidence in his company following the scandal
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Burton's mulls Fox's tie-up as sales plunge
With a long-mooted tie-up with Fox’s Biscuits in an IPO reportedly back on the cards, newly filed accounts for Burton’s Biscuits show sales and underlying profitability has fallen once again.
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2 Sisters boss Ranjit Singh summoned by Commons Committee
Singh, the FSA, Red Tractor and the British Poultry Council have all been called to give evidence to the Efra Committee on 25 October
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2 Sisters temporarily suspends operations at West Bromwich
The Ranjit Singh-owned food giant was enveloped in a food safety crisis last week
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Comment & Opinion
As 2 Sisters is fingered over food safety, is FSA still right to let retailers mark their own homework?
There will be a lot of red faces in the industry right now over the 2 Sisters Food Group exposé that broke last night.
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2 Sisters under pressure as retailers launch investigations following Guardian/ITV chicken exposé
A joint Guardian and ITV investigation claimed to have uncovered food safety breaches at 2 Sisters plants
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Richard Pike and Martyn Fletcher join Boparan board
Ex-British Sugar MD Pike also replaces Stephen Leadbeater as group CFO of 2 Sisters
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2 Sisters to close Smethwick plant with loss of 250 jobs
Processor launched a 45-day consultation into closing ‘ageing’ site in April
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2 Sisters completes £10m Rogerstone Park site upgrade
The supplier has added a dedicated Far East ‘pod’ to its ready meals facility
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Boparan boosts waste creds of 2 Sisters with Crawshaws investment
Ranjit Boparan is aiming to boost the waste credentials of his 2 Sisters Food Group thanks to a private investment in lossmaking value meat retail chain Crawshaws.
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2 Sisters set to close chicken plant in Smethwick, West Mids
Some 630 staff could lose their job at the plant, described as ’ageing’ by 2 Sisters
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2 Sisters blames rising input prices for £2.5m loss
2 Sisters slipped back into loss in the second quarter as rising input prices slashed margins at the UK food giant
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City snapshot: Higher input prices hit profits at 2 Sisters
2 Sisters Food Group owner Boparan has reported a £2.5m loss in the second quarter to 28 January despite a rise in like-for-like sales