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Perkins Foods Perkins Foods is looking to sell its chilled food division for more than £60m, and Stamford Partners has been appointed to handle the auction. 20-Oct-2004 Perkins Foods is creating 69 jobs at a new £7.5m Fresh-Pak egg preparation and mayonnaise factory in Barnsley, which is due to open in December. 13-Nov-2003 Perkins Frozen Foods is planning to close its North Country Foods pizza factory in Workington, with the loss of 60 jobs. 02-Oct-2002 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 Perkins Foods, the manufacturer of ready meals and pizzas, is planning to reduce its supply chain costs by shedding two thirds of suppliers and putting contracts out to tender. 23-Jul-2001 Perkins Foods, the manufacturer of chilled and frozen convenience foods, is to undergo a £230m management buy-out with the backing of ABN Amro. 19-Dec-2000 Perkins Foods has received a takeover approach from an unnamed financial buyer. 13-Dec-2000 Perkins Frozen Foods is planning to rebuild its chicken convenience foods factory in Cleator Moor following a fire last week, and the 51 workers will be given temporary jobs at its other sites in Penrith and Shap. 20-Jun-2000 Perkins Foods is investing up to £23m to acquire a Dutch chilled and frozen poultry company and a French chilled salads company, and is now seeking manufacturing bases in Spain, Portugal and Italy. 29-Feb-2000 Perkins Foods, the chilled food manufacturer, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 28-Dec-1999 Perkins Frozen Foods is to invest £2.5m in its poultry products business with the creation of 200 jobs, and is due to open a new factory in Cleator Moor over the next few weeks. 09-Dec-1999 Perkins Foods is planning to spend £12m over the next six months in order to expand capacity to produce convenience foods. 04-Sep-1999 Perkins Frozen Foods is planning to build a factory to make frozen chicken products at Cleator Moor in Cumbria. 10-Jul-1999 Perkins Foods is to acquire two French chilled food companies - Fraisnor and Traditions d'Asie - for £13m, in order to expand its European distribution network. 26-May-1999 Perkins Foods is seeking to expand its chilled and frozen foods business by making acquisitions in the UK and France this year. 02-Mar-1999 Perkins Foods is looking to expand its chilled ready meals business by acquiring family-run companies. 02-Sep-1998 Perkins Foods has acquired Fresh-Pak Chilled Foods for £9.7m, its second acquisition in the chilled foods sector in three months. 18-Jul-1998 Perkins Foods has acquired Le Magicien Vert, the French chilled convenience foods company, for an initial £4.5m. 15-Apr-1998 Perkins Foods is selling its fresh produce business to Greenery International of the Netherlands for £124m, in order to focus on chilled and frozen foods. 03-Mar-1998 Perkins Foods is planning to buy back £1m of shares in order to enhance earnings. 02-Sep-1997 Perkins Foods, the food distributor, is acquiring Disselkoen Group, the Dutch exporter of fresh produce, for £15.6m, which will allow it to sell an entire range of produce throughout Europe. 01-Nov-1996 Perkins Foods is selling Champifri Holland, the frozen mushroom producer, and its 49% stake in Prochamp, the canned mushroom concern, for a total £4m. 16-Dec-1995 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2009