Archive of all Premier Foods articles – Page 14
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Premier Foods strikes £1.1bn refinancing deal
Premier Foods has announced a £1.1bn capital refinancing plan, in a deal it described as ‘transformational’.
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Premier targets kids with Ambrosia NPD
Premier Foods is extending its Ambrosia pudding brand with a range of mini-pots aimed at kids…
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Group finance director Richard Armitage to leave McBride
Richard Armitage, group finance director for McBride, is to leave “to pursue an alternative career opportunity”…
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Senior appointments at Mizkan to drive Haywards and Sarson's
Mizkan Europe has made a raft of senior appointments as it bids to grow its newly acquired Haywards and Sarson’s brands…
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Analysis & Features
Why the Hovis deal marks a new era of opportunity at Premier
As Premier hives off Hovis, we look at what this means for both businesses – and the man in charge for 12 months…
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Premier 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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Premier 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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Branston 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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Premier 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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Premier 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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Hovis 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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Premier 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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Oxo 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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Unite 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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Hovis 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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Hovis 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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Premier ‘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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Premier 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.