Associated British Foods has confirmed it is in talks with the parent company of Hovis about selling its Allied Bakeries ...

A merger of the UK’s second and third-biggest bread brands could soon be a reality, after Associated British Foods, owner of Kingsmill maker Allied Bakeries, confirmed “transaction” talks with Hovis ...

Associated British Foods is in talks over a deal to combine its bread unit Allied Bakeries with rival Hovis, as the industry struggles with a growing consumer preference for healthier and more ...

TWO of Britain’s oldest and best-known bread brands reckon they might make more dough if they combine their bakeries. ...

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 owners of the Kingsmill and Hovis are in talks over a potential deal that could see the merger of two of Britain's ...

The owners of Hovis and Kingsmill, two of Britain's leading bread producers, are in talks about a historic merger amid a decades-long decline in the sale of supermarket loaves. Sky News has learnt ...