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NewsSamworth Brothers puts Soreen up for sale
The Leicestershire-headquartered group is working with long-standing financial advisor Spayne Lindsay to explore a sale of the business
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NewsSamworth Brothers records £22.5m hit from Revolution Kitchen closure
Operating profits at Samworth Brothers fell by 22.2%, to £20m as a result
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NewsSamworth Brothers promotes from within as CEO Hugo Mahoney steps down
Samworth Brothers has parted ways with CEO Hugo Mahoney and promoted a new boss from within its ranks of current executives, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsGinsters appoints Stephanie Hildon as managing director
Hildon replaces Sam Mitchell, who has been promoted
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NewsSamworth Brothers expands food-to-go operation with Real Wrap Co deal
Samworth Brothers has taken full ownership of food-to-go supplier The Real Wrap Company following the purchase of a minority stake in the business last year
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NewsGinsters adds Breakfast Roll and Butter Chicken Bake to its lineup
‘These tasty new flavours will bring excitement to anyone looking for new, exciting and delicious snacks,’ it claimed
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NewsSamworth Brothers leads £3m investment round for non-HFSS doughnut brand Urban Legend
Samworth Brothers has taken a minority stake in Urban Legend as part of a multimillion-pound investment round to back national expansion at the ‘healthier’ doughnut brand
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NewsSupermarkets announce ‘breakthrough’ reporting system for carbon emissions
The BRC and Mondra coalition has signed up Tesco, M&S, Ocado Retail and Asda, as well as a list of major suppliers
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NewsHiggidy sinks to a loss as inflation and bakery expansion hit savoury pastry maker
The upmarket savoury pastries brand was hit by disruption during a major bakery upgrade and experienced a massive spike in costs
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NewsSamworth Brothers hires new CFO to replace outgoing Steve Bailey
The food group has appointed Charles Noble as chief financial officer to take over from Steve Bailey when he retires at the end of the year
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NewsOld El Paso teams up with Samworth Brothers for ready meal range
The meals will launch exclusively at Tesco on 18 September
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NewsGinsters launches £4m campaign playing up quality of its pastries
It is the brand’s ‘biggest and most ambitious spend to date’, projected to reach 90% of UK households
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NewsCompany Shop boosts leadership team with Samworth Bros and Morrrisons duo
Adam King and Sinead Healey have been appointed as marketing and finance directors
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Comment & OpinionPlant-based is likely to see consolidation and rationalisation, not obliteration
Another week, another plant-based exit. Samworth Brothers has become the latest to pull the plug on its vegan operation
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NewsSamworth poised to axe plant-based Revolution Kitchen business
Samworth Brothers is exploring the closure of its lossmaking plant-based Revolution Kitchen business, putting hundreds of jobs at risk
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NewsHome Bargains recalls protein powder over potentially lethal caffeine dose
Two daily servings of the product – as advised on the packaging – could amount to a lethal dose of caffeine for most people, according to the FSA
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Comment & OpinionHFSS laws have failed to inspire change in consumers. Tougher taxes may be needed
The slow change in consumption habits may mean ministers need to take a more drastic approach to HFSS foods, says Steph Cullen, head of UK CPG at Circana
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NewsPaul Bennell elected Cold Chain Federation president
Tim Moran has stepped down after seven years at the CCF helm
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Lucy Wilkins, commercial executive, Ginsters
A graduate scheme led Lucy to the career in food she always dreamt of
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NewsEndless acquires Smithfield Murray to combine with Yorkshire Premier Meat
Smithfield Murray has been snapped up by Endless to bring the poultry processor together with the private equity firm’s other protein business, Yorkshire Premier Meat.