Weetabix has sold a 60% stake in its Northamptonshire-based breakfast cereals business to Bright Food of China, in a deal that values the company at £1.2bn. [08-May-2012]
Weetabix is to invest £16m in improvements to its 11 breakfast cereal manufacturing units in Northamptonshire and Tameside this year. [02-Feb-2012]
Weetabix is to shed 112 of the 1,700 jobs at its breakfast cereals factories in Burton Latimer and Corby. [03-Nov-2005]
Weetabix has won planning permission from Kettering Council to expand its breakfast cereals site in Burton Latimer by over 14.5 hectares, including a new warehouse and two production units. [16-Jun-2005]
Weetabix is planning to expand its cereals factory in Northamptonshire with the creation of up to 150 jobs. [19-Apr-2004]
Weetabix, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, is to be acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, the US private equity firm that owns Premier Foods, for £642m. [19-Nov-2003]
Weetabix is to announce plans to expand its breakfast cereals plant in Burton Latimer, which currently employs 1,600. [24-Jun-2003]