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Food & Drink - 2001
The Scottish Executive has awarded £3.6m of processing and marketing grants to 27 food production companies, which is expected to lead to the creation of 200 jobs in rural Scotland.
31-Dec-2001
Compass has completed the £41m acquisition of three catering companies from the parent of Swissair - Restorama, Rail Gourmet and parts of Gourmet Nova.
24-Dec-2001
Grampian Country Foods has acquired Golden Foods International, the Thailand-based chicken products manufacturer, from Wessanen for undisclosed terms, in order to gain a foothold in Asia.
21-Dec-2001
Castle Eden has won approval from Easington council to sell its brewery site near Peterlee to housing developers and relocate the business to the former Lion Brewery in Hartlepool.
20-Dec-2001
Katsouris Fresh Foods, the Wembley-based manufacturer of dips and samosas, has been acquired by Bakkavor of Iceland for £102m.
19-Dec-2001
Cube8 is to acquire Room Service, the supplier of food and drink delivery services to homes and offices in the London area, for £1.5m.
13-Dec-2001
Compass has acquired Seiyo Food Systems, the Japanese contract catering company, for £193m.
12-Dec-2001
The Scottish Agricultural Science Agency is planning to relocate its 150 staff from Corstorphine to a new £12m complex of laboratories, glass houses and offices at Gogarbank Farm near Edinburgh.
11-Dec-2001
Halo Foods is to acquire the plant, machinery and other assets of Newport-based GF Lovell for £3.4m, in order to become one of the country's leading manufacturers of own-brand snack bars.
06-Dec-2001
Mission Foods has announced plans to create a further 60 jobs at its tortilla chips factory in Coventry, following an investment in new capacity.
06-Dec-2001
Scottish & Newcastle is to relocate its Newcastle-based administration centre and about 50 staff into new premises at the Citygate complex by autumn 2002.
06-Dec-2001
Devon Desserts has been bought out of receivership by a management buy-in operating under the name of Greenleaf Products, saving up to 400 jobs at the Newton Abbot-based desserts factory.
05-Dec-2001
Richmond Foods is relocating 30 staff from an administration centre in York to Leeds, where a further 30 staff will be hired.
29-Nov-2001
Chivers Hartley has bought the Liverpool-based Nelson's preserve business from AB Foods for undisclosed terms.
26-Nov-2001
Robert Wiseman Dairies is seeking planning permission for a £6m depot at the Cabot Park industrial site near Avonmouth, which would involve the relocation of 60 jobs from Longwell Green and the creation of 60 new jobs.
22-Nov-2001
Express Dairies has sold its central Scotland dairy business to Graham's Dairies of Bridge of Alan for £0.5m.
21-Nov-2001
Scottish & Newcastle is to set up a £3.5m customer call centre for its Scottish Courage brewing business in Livingston by 2003, with the creation of 250 jobs.
21-Nov-2001
Perkins Frozen Foods is considering plans to close a factory in Penrith with the loss of 90 jobs, in order to relocate its burger and ribs business.
20-Nov-2001
Tulip International is to set up a £15m cooked bacon plant at the former Thermos site in Thetford, with the creation of 50 jobs.
19-Nov-2001
Diageo has announced plans for a £13m expansion at its alcopops bottling plant in Leven, Fife, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
16-Nov-2001
Headland Foods is planning to build a £15m pasta factory in Grimsby, which would involve the relocation of about 350 jobs from its existing site and the creation of 100 new jobs.
15-Nov-2001
Nestle is planning to invest £4m at its York factory to increase production of the KitKat chocolate snack.
07-Nov-2001
Overseal Foods, the supplier of food colours, is being sold by RHM to Braes Group for £25m.
06-Nov-2001
Brake Bros has acquired VDL, the French regional food wholesaler, for £3m.
01-Nov-2001
Branston Potatoes is looking to recruit 20 more workers at its potato packing plant in Lincolnshire, following a rise in demand from Tesco.
01-Nov-2001
Geest is to buy three production facilities from the receivers of Lincoln-based chilled food manufacturer Tinsley Foods.
01-Nov-2001
Inver House Distillers, the Airdrie-based whisky company with five distilleries and 130 staff, has been acquired by Pacific Spirits of Thailand for £56m.
31-Oct-2001
Allied Domecq is to set up a new division for its wine assets in January, and the business may be spun off as a separate company later.
31-Oct-2001
Global Group is to acquire Paul Layzell Foods, the manufacturer of dumplings and pastry products, for £0.5m.
25-Oct-2001
Cavaghan & Gray is to create 10 new jobs at its chilled ready meals plant in Carlisle, having won back a £2m contract to supply Virgin Atlantic.
25-Oct-2001
Toms of Denmark has acquired Parrs Quality Confectionery, the Poole-based manufacturer of wine gums with 250 staff.
23-Oct-2001
Compass is to acquire Manpower Kantineservice, the Norwegian staff restaurant company, for undisclosed terms.
19-Oct-2001
Cox Radcliffe has sold its Merseyside bakery interests to Preston-based Bako for £3m, in order to focus on supplying the takeaway and restaurant sectors.
18-Oct-2001
Whyte & Mackay and Invergordon Distillers have been sold to a management buy-out by Fortune Brands of the US for £208m, creating a new group of five malt distilleries called Kyndal.
17-Oct-2001
Culligan International is setting up a new water bottling plant at the Io Centre in Swindon, which will provide jobs for 40 people by the end of the year.
12-Oct-2001
McIntosh of Dyce is planning to create 100 new jobs and launch a new range of branded food products.
11-Oct-2001
Genesis Breads of the World is planning to invest £1m in the expansion of its bakery in Londonderry, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
10-Oct-2001
Grampian Country Foods is to buy Malton Foods, the pigmeat processor, from Uniq for about £20m.
09-Oct-2001
Robert Wiseman Dairies is planning to create 100 more jobs at its new milk and cream plant at Droitwich Spa by the end of the year.
09-Oct-2001
Golden Vale and Express Dairies are to sell their Dale Farm milk business in Northern Ireland to Dromona Quality Foods for £18m, with Express receiving 80% of the proceeds.
09-Oct-2001
Kerry Group has acquired the Sunderland-based sauces and flavoured butters division of Voyager Foods.
08-Oct-2001
Food From Scotland has acquired Le Maison Du Patissier, the supplier of bread and desserts to the catering sector.
08-Oct-2001
Hazlewood Foods is recruiting 300 staff to work at its new £13m chilled pizza factory at the Deeside industrial park, but 379 jobs will be lost through the closure of its Bedford plant.
05-Oct-2001
Brake Bros has acquired Scotia Campbell Marine, the supplier of fresh fish and seafood to caterers from two branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, for £4m.
02-Oct-2001
McGeary Mushroom is to double the size of its fresh mushroom operation in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 15 jobs in Moy.
01-Oct-2001
Beacon Foods is planning to create 20 more jobs over the next 12 months as it continues to expand its food ingredient production facility in Brecon.
01-Oct-2001
Humber Quality Foods is to relocate its North Lincolnshire-based vegetable processing business to larger premises at Newton-on-Trent early next year, with the creation of about 20 jobs.
28-Sep-2001
McCain is planning to build a £70m frozen chips factory at Rugeley in Staffordshire by 2004, with the creation of 150 jobs.
25-Sep-2001
Golden Vale is to invest £1.5m at its Golden Cow cheese snacks plant in Portadown, with the creation of 15 jobs over the next three years.
20-Sep-2001
Richmond Foods has confirmed plans to buy Nestle's UK ice cream business for £5.8m.
12-Sep-2001
Allied Domecq is to acquire Bodegas y Bebidas, the Spanish wine producer, for £174m.
10-Sep-2001
Campbell Soup is planning to relocate 80 staff from King's Lynn and 30 from Crawley to a new commercial head office in Cambridge and a research centre in Worksop.
05-Sep-2001
Allied Domecq is to acquire Kuemmerling, the German distiller that produces spirits and bitters, for £128m.
05-Sep-2001
Adams Pork Products is seeking planning permission from North Kesteven District Council for a £10m extension to its meat products factory in Ruskington.
04-Sep-2001
Gibsons is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its sandwich factory in Ellesmere Port.
31-Aug-2001
Cornish Country Larder is planning a £2.3m expansion at its soft cheese factory in Newquay.
29-Aug-2001
Allied Domecq is to acquire Montana, the New Zealand winemaker, for £300m, as Lion Nathan of Australia has withdrawn from the takeover battle.
27-Aug-2001
Wholebake Foods is planning to expand production of cereal bars at its factory in Corwen, Denbighshire, with the creation of 10 jobs.
23-Aug-2001
Devro, the sausage casings company, is to sell its lossmaking cellulose business to Teepak for £5m, in order to focus on its traditional collagen manufacturing operations.
23-Aug-2001
Boutinot is planning to raise £6m in a flotation on Aim in order to fund the expansion of its wine production and export business.
20-Aug-2001
Unilever is selling its North American seafood business to the US arm of Nippon Suisan for £125m, which will involve the transfer of about 750 staff.
20-Aug-2001
Mission Foods is to expand its new tortilla chips factory in Coventry by opening a third production line in October, taking the total workforce to 200.
16-Aug-2001
Cadbury Schweppes is to buy the ReaLemon and ReaLime juice brands in the US, including a New York factory, from Eagle Family Foods for £90m.
15-Aug-2001
Findus, the food manufacturer, has relocated its head office and 40 staff from Croydon to Redhill.
14-Aug-2001
Britannia Biscuits is planning to double the workforce at its Teesside biscuit factory to 150 over the next year.
14-Aug-2001
S Daniels, the soup manufacturer, is planning to sell a 30% stake to Singapore Food Industries, in order to raise £10m for the expansion of its plants.
13-Aug-2001
Milk Link, the dairy farmers co-operative, is planning to spend up to £150m on the acquisition of milk processing plants and the expansion of its distribution network.
13-Aug-2001
Uvine has acquired wine merchant Michael Morgan for undisclosed terms, in order to add storage and transport facilities to its online wine exchange business.
06-Aug-2001
Cranswick is to acquire Continental Fine Foods, the Manchester-based supplier of meats and delicatessen products, for £12m.
31-Jul-2001
Gafoor Poultry Products has won permission to build a £1.1m poultry processing plant at the former BFL Coal Yard in Preston.
30-Jul-2001
Baxters Group of Food Companies has acquired Garner's Foods, the Worcestershire-based manufacturer of pickles and salad dressings.
30-Jul-2001
Tate & Lyle is to sell its Domino Sugar cane refining business in the US to Refined Sugars of New York for up to £145m.
27-Jul-2001
Taypack Potatoes is planning to extend its potato packing premises in Moncur, Inchture, including a new office and improved dispatch and grading facilities.
25-Jul-2001
Malton Foods is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its Unipork bacon plant in Cookstown.
25-Jul-2001
Cadbury Schweppes has agreed to acquire La Casera, the Spanish lemonade company, for £72m.
25-Jul-2001
Compass has acquired Vendepac, the supplier of vending machines, from TM Group for £84m.
24-Jul-2001
Northern Foods is creating up to 150 jobs at a new £2.5m food production facility in Trowbridge, which will enable its Bowyers division to produce nut-free meat products.
23-Jul-2001
Humber Growers has acquired tomato grower Van Heyningen Brothers for about £10m, and the new group will have more than 1,000 staff and trade as Humber VHB.
19-Jul-2001
Homefoods is planning to invest £4m in a new production line for the DJ Spuddles microwaveable chip in Birkenhead.
18-Jul-2001
Youngs Bluecrest is planning to recruit a further 100 workers at its Grimsby fish products factory over the next few months.
17-Jul-2001
Kwoks is planning to expand its Oriental food factory in Grimsby later this year, and the workforce will rise from 45 to more than 60.
11-Jul-2001
Richmond Foods has announced plans to invest more than £4m at its ice cream factory in Leeming Bar, Yorkshire, with the creation of 80 jobs.
09-Jul-2001
Youngs Bluecrest has appointed Deutsche Bank to consider its future options, which could lead to the expansion of its fish products business or the sale of Legal & General Ventures' 79% stake.
09-Jul-2001
WJ Watkins has acquired Barradale Farm in Kent, which will create the country's third largest egg producing company.
09-Jul-2001
Princes Foods is to relocate its Chichester-based Shippam's meat spreads business to new premises on the Terminus Road industrial estate.
05-Jul-2001
Allied Domecq is to buy two Argentine wine producers - Bodegas y Vinedos Graffigna and Vinedos y Bodegas Sainte Sylvie - for about £30m.
05-Jul-2001
Inter Link Foods has taken up its longstanding option to buy the William Lusty bakery from Bank of Scotland for £0.4m.
03-Jul-2001
Grampian Country Foods is in discussions with Aberdeenshire Council about plans to double the size of its chicken products plant in Banff, which could involve hundreds of new jobs.
28-Jun-2001
Samworth Brothers is considering plans to set up a £15m factory in the Melton Mowbray area to produce a new unnamed food product, and is currently searching for a suitable site.
27-Jun-2001
First Milk has formed a partnership with the Dairygold Irish farmers' co-operative to expand its recently-acquired Aeron Valley cheese business in west Wales.
27-Jun-2001
NIAB is in merger discussions with the Morley Research Centre, the farmer-owned research organisation based in Norfolk, in order to expand the range of services offered to arable farmers.
19-Jun-2001
Warburtons is to create a further 100 jobs later this year at its new £30m bread-making centre in Wednesbury.
18-Jun-2001
Carrick Council is to consider plans from Truro-based Business Location Services to build a £30m food manufacturing centre on a 34-acre site near Chacewater, creating a "centre of excellence for the Cornish food industry".
15-Jun-2001
Warburtons is investing a further £0.9m in new equipment for its Eastwood bakery in Nottinghamshire, including an automated ingredient feeder system and an extra bagging machine.
11-Jun-2001
Anglia Oils is to relocate the production activities of newly-acquired Chalice Foods from Leicestershire to a new factory at King George Dock in Hull.
11-Jun-2001
WT Foods, the ethnic foods manufacturer, is to undergo a £79m management buy-out backed by Bridgepoint Capital.
11-Jun-2001
First Milk has acquired the Aeron Valley cheese company in West Wales from Milk Marque in a deal believed to be worth more than £5m.
08-Jun-2001
Tate & Lyle is hoping to sell its Western Sugar business in the US to the Rocky Mountain Sugar Growers Co-operative, and is also negotiating the sale of its Domino Sugar cane refining operation.
08-Jun-2001
Cadbury Schweppes has confirmed plans for the £419m acquisition of Pernod Ricard's soft drinks operations, which include the Orangina brand.
07-Jun-2001
Cobra, the supplier of beer to Indian restaurants, is planning to raise up to £50m in a flotation to fund the expansion of its overseas sales network.
04-Jun-2001
Whitworths, the dried fruit and nuts company, is being sold by Scotia Haven to a management buy-out backed by Gresham Trust for £15m.
28-May-2001
Golden Vale is building a new research and development centre, as part of a £11m expansion at its cheese plant in Coleraine.
28-May-2001
Longslow Dairy Group has acquired Selecta Foods, the Dorset-based supplier to the catering industry with 32 staff, for undisclosed terms.
28-May-2001
Robert Wiseman Dairies has awarded a £3m contract to Clugston to build a distribution depot at Birtley, Tyne & Wear.
24-May-2001
Macduff Shellfish has acquired the mothballed Abacus factory in Mintlaw and plans to double its workforce to 240 by the end of this year.
22-May-2001
Robert Wiseman Dairies has acquired Lordswood Dairy, the southwest-based milk distributor, for £2m, in order to increase the output of its new Droitwich dairy.
22-May-2001
Unilever is to shed up to 250 jobs at the former Bestfoods headquarters in Esher, Surrey, and the business will be relocated to its own Van Den Bergh premises in Crawley.
21-May-2001
Clover of Australia is to invest £5.4m setting up a food additives business in Europe, and is considering a flotation on Aim.
16-May-2001
Aunt Mollies Foods is to invest £1.9m in the expansion of its bakery in west Belfast, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next three years.
14-May-2001
Chivers Hartley has acquired the assets and business of Stratford-upon-Avon Foods for undisclosed terms.
14-May-2001
Cadbury Schweppes is in negotiations to acquire La Casera, the Spanish soft drinks company, for about £60m.
09-May-2001
Brake Bros has acquired Szymczak Nadreau and Valette from Carigel for £17m, as part of a strategy to develop a national food distribution network in France.
07-May-2001
Welcome Break is to invest £5m converting 33 Granary restaurants at motorway service stations into new quick-service outlets called Food Connection.
04-May-2001
Horizon Biscuits is to invest £12m at its factory in Moreton, Wirral, in order to improve productivity and manufacture new products, and the company will be renamed BestBake Foods.
03-May-2001
Frederick Hiam Foods is planning to create up to 240 jobs at a new £6m vegetable processing factory in Brandon, Suffolk.
26-Apr-2001
Hancocks Holdings has set up a £3.5m confectionery distribution warehouse at the Castle Business Park in Loughborough.
26-Apr-2001
Bronte Foods is investing £1m at its poultry and processed meats factory in Haworth.
23-Apr-2001
Freshbake Foods, the manufacturer of savoury pastries and sausages, has been sold by Vlasic Foods of the US to a management buy-out.
23-Apr-2001
British Sugar is investing £25m in the installation of new resin separation technology at its Wissington factory in Norfolk.
20-Apr-2001
RF Brookes has started recruiting 200 new workers at its ready meals factory in Newport, in order to handle the transfer of a £30m contract from Wolverhampton-based Sun Valley Foods.
19-Apr-2001
Highland Spring has acquired The Gleneagles Spring Water Company from Time Group for undisclosed terms.
11-Apr-2001
Orkney Islands Council is setting up two new food parks at Kirkwall and Stromness in partnership with Orkney Quality Food and Orkney Enterprise.
02-Apr-2001
Freshway Foods has acquired Fredericks, the Telford-based sandwich maker.
02-Apr-2001
Hibernia Foods has acquired the chilled and frozen desserts business of La Boheme.
02-Apr-2001
Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods has bought Nutricia Dairy & Drinks UK.
02-Apr-2001
S&A Foods has announced plans to build a £31m ready meals factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme, with the creation of 1,000 jobs by 2002.
28-Mar-2001
Inter Link Foods has acquired Nicholas & Harris, the Salisbury-based cake maker, for £3.7m.
27-Mar-2001
Nottingham City Council has proposed plans for the development of a £5.5m six-acre site for food manufacturing companies at Southglade Park, and construction could start in April 2002.
26-Mar-2001
Brake Bros has acquired Roach Frozen Foods, the catering wholesale business, from Roach Foods, and will sell its Wicketts bacon slicing and operation to Roach Foods.
26-Mar-2001
Prize Food, the supplier of private label food products to supermarkets, has appointed UBS Warburg to investigate the possibility of selling the business, which could be worth about £100m.
26-Mar-2001
Poultec Training has submitted plans to Breckland Council to set up a new training centre for the food and poultry industry at South Green in Mid Norfolk.
23-Mar-2001
Compass has acquired Milburns, the supplier of catering services at a number of historic sites.
23-Mar-2001
H Fletcher & Son, the Hull-based bakery and meat processing group, has been acquired by a local businessman for undisclosed terms, saving 150 jobs.
22-Mar-2001
Dairy Crest has acquired Somerset & Wiltshire Dairy, the organic milk group, for £2.5m.
20-Mar-2001
NFF, the cake manufacturer, has been bought out of receivership by a management buy-in for undisclosed terms, saving about 200 jobs in Gateshead and Manchester.
20-Mar-2001
Gilchris is seeking permission for a £4m expansion at its chocolate products factory in Fakenham, which would create 30 jobs.
16-Mar-2001
Cumbrian Seafoods is planning a £2.5m expansion at its factory in Maryport, which will create 75 new jobs.
14-Mar-2001
Tomos Watkin has acquired Tavern Wholesaling's Swansea-based drinks distribution business, as part of a £10m expansion plan.
14-Mar-2001
Exotic Farm Produce is expanding its Lincolnshire-based vegetable packing business with the acquisition of the former Elgro premises at Kirton.
14-Mar-2001
Albert Fisher has sold its Mondi fruit and vegetable operations in Poland and Belgium to management for £6.7m.
14-Mar-2001
Brake Bros is seeking acquisitions in France in order to expand its European business supplying food to caterers.
13-Mar-2001
Arla Foods is to build a dairy and distribution centre on a 32-acre site in Stourton, Leeds, which will involve the relocation of its existing city centre site and the creation of up to 100 jobs.
09-Mar-2001
St Modwen has been selected to build the £50m national food heritage centre in Stafford, which will be called The Great British Kitchen and lead to the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
09-Mar-2001
Princes Foods has completed the acquisition of Beta Foods, the Chichester-based manufacturer of Shippam's meat spreads with 180 staff, for undisclosed terms.
07-Mar-2001
IAWS is investing £24m in a joint venture with Tim Hortons to set up a new factory in Canada to produce Cuisine de France bakery products.
07-Mar-2001
Compass has bought a 75% stake in HSG, the German catering company, and has an option to buy the remaining 25%.
07-Mar-2001
Lambrini, the producer of a perry drink, is planning a £15m expansion of storage capacity at its Huyton headquarters on Merseyside, with the creation of 200 jobs.
06-Mar-2001
Ethnic Cuisine is to create 125 new jobs at its ready meals factory in Swansea over the next three years, having completed a £6m expansion of the site.
06-Mar-2001
Pataks has acquired Galtres Food, the Cumbernauld-based producer of ethnic breads, which will increase its annual turnover by about £10m.
05-Mar-2001
South Derbyshire District Council has approved plans from the Amelca dairy farmers co-operative to build a milk processing factory at Dove Valley Park in Foston, with the creation of 150 jobs.
02-Mar-2001
Kingsland Wines & Spirits, the Manchester-based import and bottling company with 150 staff, has undergone a £14m management buy-out.
01-Mar-2001
Compass is to invest £44m in a joint venture with Abu Dhabi National Hotels to offer food service management in countries throughout the Middle East.
26-Feb-2001
Joseph Heler Cheese is investing £1m in a new office block and IT system at its dairy in Cheshire, and is likely to create a number of new jobs in sales and marketing.
20-Feb-2001
Unilever has agreed to sell its recently-acquired Bestfoods Baking business in the US to George Weston of Canada for £1bn.
20-Feb-2001
De Vere is selling five Tavern depots to HP Bulmer for £2.5m and 12 depots to Classic Drinks for £7.7m.
20-Feb-2001
Britannia Biscuits has opened a new £4m factory at the South Tees Imperial Food Park near Middlesbrough, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
19-Feb-2001
Grahams Dairies has acquired Country Fresh, the Lothian-based dairy, as part of an ongoing acquisitions programme.
19-Feb-2001
Unilever has acquired Go Organic, the small Scottish producer of organic pasta sauces and soups.
19-Feb-2001
Cadbury Schweppes is looking to expand the distribution of its confectionery products into new outlets such as hospitals, pubs and other public places, partly through the use of vending machines.
15-Feb-2001
Compass is to acquire the remaining 67% of Selecta Group, the European vending machine operator, for £374m.
13-Feb-2001
Geest has bought the Cherry Valley ready meals factory in Grimsby, and plans to expand the site and the 85-strong workforce.
12-Feb-2001
Inter Link Foods is to acquire Cakes for the Connoisseur from the receivers of NFF Trading for up to £3.1m.
08-Feb-2001
Allied Domecq has announced a £282m takeover bid for Montana Group, the New Zealand winemaker, as part of a strategy to develop its premium wine and spirits brands.
08-Feb-2001
Compass is to acquire Morrison Management Specialists, the US contract caterer, for £383m, and has also announced the completion of its demerger from Granada.
07-Feb-2001
DSM Food Specialties is to relocate its dairy ingredients business from Tamworth to Aldridge near Birmingham in March.
05-Feb-2001
Petty Wood is planning to set up a field sales force to expand its wholesale foods business into cash and carries and forecourts.
05-Feb-2001
Heinz is to invest a further £2m in its Grimsby pizza factory, which will increase the product range and create new jobs later this year.
01-Feb-2001
Dairy Crest has confirmed plans to invest £39m at its Severnside dairy in Gloucestershire with the creation of 320 jobs, but five other sites will be closed with the loss of 600 jobs.
01-Feb-2001
Unilever has confirmed plans to sell a number of European dry soup and sauce brands to Campbell Soup of the US for £633m, in order to win approval for its acquisition of Bestfoods.
30-Jan-2001
NWF is planning to double production of blended animal feeds at its Nantwich plant, with the creation of 40 jobs.
29-Jan-2001
Northern Foods is to acquire Lacemont, the Irish company that is building a frozen pizza factory, for £7.4m.
26-Jan-2001
Golden Wonder is to invest £3m in new manufacturing capacity at its Corby plant having reached agreement with General Mills of the US to produce the Bugles savoury snack for the UK market.
22-Jan-2001
Macphie is to expand its food ingredients business with the acquisition of Oakwood Foods of Uddingston for undisclosed terms.
19-Jan-2001
Cadbury Schweppes is expanding in Argentina with the £15m purchase of the Mantecol confectionery product from Georgalos Hnos.
19-Jan-2001
Milk Group is to acquire Lubborn Cheese of Somerset for £7.5m, as part of a strategy to become a leading supplier of niche dairy products.
15-Jan-2001
GBL International has confirmed plans to create 48 jobs at a new soft drinks bottling plant in Clay Cross.
15-Jan-2001
Brake Bros has acquired three frozen and chilled food companies in south-east France for a total £16m.
12-Jan-2001
Breckland Council is to consider plans from Sunmark Produce to set up a new processing plant at Attleborough to handle organic foods imported from South Africa, which would create 30 jobs.
12-Jan-2001
Faccenda is to close the Webbs Country Foods chicken products factory in Lymington, Hampshire, with the loss of up to 500 jobs, but has also announced plans to invest £6m at sites in Telford, Dudley, Wiltshire and Northants.
11-Jan-2001
Grampian Country Foods is seeking permission to convert its chicken processing site on the edge of Edinburgh into a business park, which would involve the relocation of its factory to a greenfield site, possibly in West Lothian.
11-Jan-2001
Punjab Kitchen is moving its frozen meals business to a £1m site in South Shields, where it will create 22 jobs.
08-Jan-2001
Candover, the private equity investor, is in negotiations to acquire the Picard Surgeles frozen food business from Carrefour of France for £475m.
08-Jan-2001
Mackays, the preserve manufacturer, has acquired Hudson International, the supplier of confectionery and food gifts, for undisclosed terms.
08-Jan-2001
Faccenda has bought Webb's Country Foods for undisclosed terms, to create a combined poultry processing group with turnover of £300m.
05-Jan-2001
United Norwest Co-op is to create 30 jobs at its Norpak Food Services warehouse in Eccleshall, having won a new contract to store and distribute temperature-controlled products.
03-Jan-2001
Lockerbie Creamery is to recruit 15 new staff to meet rising demand for cheese.
03-Jan-2001
Dairy Crest has won planning permission to expand its Severnside Creamery near Stroud, which will involve a new blow moulding facility to produce plastic bottles and the creation of 12 jobs.
02-Jan-2001
United Milk has confirmed plans to build a £45m dairy processing plant at Westbury in Wiltshire by early 2002, having secured £28m from Bank of Scotland.
02-Jan-2001
Toms of Denmark is planning to invest £50m in the UK over the next three years by acquiring a number of small confectionery manufacturers and expanding its two existing factories.
02-Jan-2001
LB Meat Products is to invest £2m in new premises in Newtownabbey, with the creation of 25 jobs over the next three years.
02-Jan-2001