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UNCOVERED: Hovis | History Defined

Primark investors hope summer price cuts lift sales as cost of living bites

Primark announced a round of price cuts in July that it said ‘reaffirms its place as the home of great value fashion’.

Evening Standard

Baldy Man, Gold Blend flirters and mash-mad Martians: TV’s golden age ads

As the History of Advertising Trust turns 50, our writer revels in its vast archive, remembering the bread boy on his bike, the suggestive coffee-drinkers and the Hamlet smoker adjusting his comb-over

The Guardian - UK

Kingsmill owner cleared to create UK’s biggest bread brand with Hovis takeover

ABF’s bakeries arm would be likely to exit the market entirely if the deal did not proceed, CMA finds

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ABF’s Hovis takeover deal given go-ahead by competition watchdog

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said ABF could have pulled out of the UK bakery sector if the merger were not to take place.

Evening Standard

CMA begins full review of Kingsmill owner’s planned takeover of bread rival Hovis

Move by UK competition regulator comes as Associated British Foods, which owns Primark, issues profit warning

The Guardian - UK

Primark owner warns over profits after disappointing festive sales

The figures come amid a group-wide review at Associated British Foods that could see Primark spun off with a separate stock market listing.

Evening Standard

Competition and Markets Authority to probe ABF’s deal to buy Hovis

In August, Associated British Foods (ABF) struck a deal to buy the 135-year-old business from US private equity owner Endless.

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Hovis takeover bid investigated by competition watchdog

The proposed deal would create a major player in the baking sector

The Independent UK

‘I turned down $20m to do Terminator 3. I can’t be bought, dude’: Ridley Scott on directing, Daleks and ... cherry jam

The Blade Runner and Alien film-maker on his run-ins with critics, the space suits he keeps in his cellar in France – and his love of swearing

The Guardian - UK

Two of the UK’s biggest bakeries to combine to make bread giant

The move follows a strategic review of the Allied Bakeries business

The Independent UK

Kingsmill owner ABF to buy Hovis to create bread giant

ABF told investors on Friday that the deal will ‘combine’ the production and distribution activities of Hovis and its Allied Bakeries business.

Evening Standard

Kingsmill owner to buy Hovis in £75m deal to create UK’s biggest bread brand

Jobs expected to go if competition watchdog approves takeover by Associated British Foods

The Guardian - UK

Crumbs! How Britain fell out of love with the sliced loaf

Packaged bread, once a household staple, is in ‘inexorable decline’ because of rising costs and competition from other options

The Guardian - UK

Baking a deal? Hovis and Kingsmill owners in talks about historic merger

Associated British Foods’ sale of Allied Bakeries would bring together two of the UK’s biggest breadmakers

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Evening Standard

Kingsmill owner confirms talks with Hovis parent company over bread takeover

Associated British Foods said its Allied Bakeries business ‘continues to face a very challenging market’ and that it is in talks with Hovis’s owner.

The Independent UK

Hovis and Kingsmill owners in takeover talks about historic merger

A deal between the bread-making titans could potentially draw the attention of competition regulators

The National (Scotland)

'Do not eat': Morrisons and Hovis crumpets may contain 'pieces of metal'

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Daily Record

The saltiest bread revealed as some loaves found to have same amount as crisps

Some might not realise just how much salt is their loaf of bread as health campaigners issue an urgent warning.

Evening Standard

Slice of bread has more salt than a packet of crisps, campaigners warn

Action on Salt is calling for mandatory salt reduction targets.

The Guardian - UK

Salt in sliced breads exceeds crisps, say health campaigners

Government should act to force bakers to reduce excessive salt content for public health, says Action on Salt

Wales Online

Sliced bread 'can have as much salt as bag of crisps', campaigners warn

Action on Salt surveyed 242 loaves of sliced breads from 28 companies sold at 10 of the UK's largest supermarkets

Daily Mirror

Tests on bread leave bad taste in mouth as three slices have more salt than a bag of crisps

The saltiest was Hovis White Since 1886 cob, with 1.48g per 100g of bread, around three slices, compared to 0.34g in a packet of Walkers crisps

The Independent UK

Three in four sliced bread products as salty as bag of crisps, campaigners warn

Action on Salt is calling for mandatory salt reduction targets.

Nottingham Post

Life in the shadow of Hovis bakery in 'lovely' Nottinghamshire village

The bakery has been there for decades

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