Bread producers Hovis and Kingsmill are set for a historic merger with their owners expected to ink an agreement after months of discussion. Kingsmill, whose immediate parent Allied Bakeries is owned ...
A deal to merge two of Britain’s biggest bread producers – Hovis and Kingsmill – has been agreed after months of talks. Associated British Foods (ABF), the owner of Kingsmill’s parent company Allied ...
LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Associated British Foods (ABF.L), opens new tab has agreed to buy Hovis, giving it another big UK bread brand on top of Kingsmill so they can better compete in a market that ...
Kingsmill's owner has said it has agreed to buy rival Hovis and plans to merge the companies in a move that would create the UK's biggest bread brand. Associated British Foods (ABF) which also owns ...