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Geest has shed 100 human resources, marketing and IT jobs at offices in Spalding and Peterborough. 01-Dec-2005 Hitchen Foods, the Wigan-based supplier of prepared vegetables and salads with 750 staff, has been acquired by Geest for £44m. 02-Nov-2005 Geest is to shed 120 jobs at its bread and pasta factory in Barton on Humber following a recent fire. 20-Jun-2005 Geest has suffered a major fire at its bread and pasta factory in Barton on Humber. 05-Apr-2005 Geest, the manufacturer of convenience foods, is to be acquired by Bakkavor of Iceland for £485m. 09-Mar-2005 Geest is to acquire the trade and moveable assets of the prepared leafy salads manufacturing operations of G's Marketing, in a deal worth £2.2m. 17-Feb-2005 Geest is forming a joint venture with Rannoch Food to produce ready-to-cook meals at Holbeach in Lincolnshire, with the creation of 100 jobs. 28-Oct-2004 Geest, the fresh foods group, is to shed about 100 management jobs at sites across the country. 20-Sep-2004 Geest is to acquire Anglia Crown, the supplier of meals to hospitals with sites in Colchester and Manchester, for £14m. 17-Sep-2004 Geest is setting up a new business called International Produce at sites in Yorkshire and Kent, in order to simplify the supply of imported produce to Asda. 15-Jul-2004 Geest is considering plans to expand its ready meals factory in Grimsby, which currently employs 300 staff, and an announcement is expected later this year. 23-Mar-2004 Geest has sold its stake in Enzafruit Worldwide, including net assets of £0.7m, to joint venture partner Northcourt. 18-Nov-2003 Geest is to shed 30 middle management jobs at its Geest Pasta business in North Lincolnshire. 04-Aug-2003 Geest is to acquire Genevieve Langlais, the French supplier of prepared salads, for £11m. 26-Feb-2003 Geest has acquired SBLP, the French prepared salads company, for £1.6m, in order to strengthen its position in the north of the country. 03-May-2002 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 Geest is to close one of its plants at Abbeyvale in north London in order to consolidate production of dressed salads at Spalding. 11-Jan-2001 Geest is seeking permission to set up a chilled food manufacturing facility at its site in Barton, North Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 15-Dec-2000 Geest has acquired Isleport Foods, the Somerset-based cakes supplier, for under £5m. 13-Nov-2000 Geest is planning to merge its imported fruit business with the UK branch of the New Zealand apple and pear marketing board, which will make it easier to supply retailers throughout the year. 15-Oct-1999 Geest is acquiring Cinquieme Saison, the French salads supplier, for up to £16m. 23-Sep-1999 Geest is to invest £40m in the expansion of its chilled foods business this year and £50m next year, and has set up a new fish processing facility in north London. 18-Sep-1999 Geest is forming a joint venture with QV Foods to create the largest supplier of potatoes to Marks & Spencer, under the name Geest QV. 04-Aug-1999 Geest is to spend £40m supporting its sales of fresh prepared foods this year, and two new factories are due to open in the summer. 20-May-1999 Geest is selling its two Dutch produce trading operations to De Weide Blik of Belgium for £10m. 03-Dec-1998 Geest, the chilled convenience foods company, has begun a £40m capital expenditure programme to open four new factories in Biggleswade, Bourne, Harrow and Milton Keynes, creating 1,000 jobs. 19-Sep-1997 Geest is acquiring Vaco, the Belgian chilled foods company, from Royal Ahold for £4.9m, and is to supply a new range of products to Albert Heijn, the Dutch supermarket chain owned by Royal Ahold. 19-Nov-1996 Geest has sold its Necta prepared pineapple operation, which has a factory in Costa Rica, to Pacific Asia Technologies, for up to $6.7m. 04-May-1996 Hillsdown has denied it is interested in bidding for Geest. 08-Mar-1996 Fyffes is considering merging its banana shipping operations with Geest's, and co-operating on packaging and sourcing. 09-Jan-1996 The Windward Islands and Fyffes have jointly acquired the Geest banana business for £147m. 23-Dec-1995 Fyffes and the Windward Islands Banana Development Co are to jointly make a bid for Geest's banana business. 25-Nov-1995
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