Northern Foods, the UK-listed food company, has confirmed that it will dispose of non-core assets and has indicated that it hopes to fetch £200m from the sale. The company named NFT distribution and S... [more]

The private equity group CapVest, owned by frozen seafood business Youngs Bluecrest, is tipped to form a consortium to bid for Unilever's frozen food businesses, Birds Eye and Iglo, which are up for s... [more]

Northern Foods is understood to have been in talks with several financial advisers regarding the sale of some of its bakery businesses. The company, which manufactures supermarket branded goods includ... [more]

Brake Bros, the UK-based food service company owned by Clayton Dubilier Rice, will be sold by the end of this year or early next year according to sources. An imminent sale, as previously reported, is... [more]

Richmond Foods, the ice cream manufacturer with 850 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management for £182m. If shareholders approve the deal they will get 750 pence for e... [more]