Hovis - Which Has Bradford Bakery Site - to Be Bought by Kingsmill Owner

Union in jobs warning over takeover involving Glasgow bakeries

Union leaders have warned a takeover which combines two of the UK’s biggest bread brands must not end in job losses.

Kingsmill to buy Hovis in move that would create UK's biggest bread producer

Warburtons is the current market leader and the deal needs approval from the competition watchdog.

Hovis - which has Bradford bakery site - to be bought by Kingsmill owner

Kingsmill owner Associated British Foods (ABF) is to snap up Hovis Group and merge the historic business with its own bakery arm.

Kingsmill owner agrees to buy Hovis in deal to create UK’s biggest bread brand

Jobs expected to go if competition watchdog approves takeover by Associated British FoodsThe owner of Kingsmill has agreed to buy its rival Hovis in a deal that would create the UK’s biggest bread brand if the competition regulator approves it, but also put jobs at risk.The deal comes after decades of decline in the popularity of the packaged sliced loaf, with Hovis, owned by the private equity company Endless, and its rival Kingsmill – part of …