Two Sisters Food Group

[Walterp]

Sometimes, someone comes along who shows up the rest of us as unsophisticated peasants - give a big hand to R S Boparan, the guy who developed Two Sisters from scratch in 1993, into a multi-national food processor (50 sites, 4 countries, 24,000 employees, £3 billion sales).

It's one of the UK's fastest-growing, and most admired, UK private companies; most of its business is poultry, although it has expanded into branded and retailer-labelled biscuits, pizzas, soups, bread and puddings. Recently taking over Vion and Lloyd Maunder, it now has 4 abattoirs as well. It boasts Lucy Neville-Rolfe (now Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE, CMG) on the Board, ex Tesco.

Guarded reports in the farming Press suggest that the company is pursuing a Tesco-inspired business approach towards their farmer suppliers in Scotland.

Anyone care to comment?

 

[Salopian_Will]

Crooks aren't they?

 

[Penmoel]

No doubt Tesco have a big say as to what this company do, I understood the rumour at the time was that Tesco told 2 Sisters to take on St Merryn or else , because of their concern for their own supply source

 

[Stoosh]

Crooks aren't they?

+1

 

[Penmoel]

Crooks they may be but we are fortunate to have the Merthyr facility here in Wales, there is no where else to take cattle in such numbers!!!!!

 

[hindmaist]

Slow payers.

 

[Penmoel]

Slow payers.

Quicker than Dunbia

 

[Stoosh]

Crooks they may be but we are fortunate to have the Merthyr facility here in Wales, there is no where else to take cattle in such numbers!!!!!

That sounds like a dangerous situation. How long before it is closed down so that they can supply themselves with cheaper meat from somewhere else?

 

[Chae1]

Are the 2 sisters hot!? They must be worth a bit.

 

[Sandy]

Well there shafting most poultry farmers up here just dropping them after they have invested heavily in buildings not well liked up here that's for sure

 

[Chae1]

At least they are taking our cattle at Portlethen.

 

[JP1]

Don't think they are very well regarded locally at Haughley having just closed a factory with the loss of 700 jobs

 

[ski]

Ever wondered why it's called two sisters? Well it's because he was declared bankrupt years ago and had to get his two sisters to be directors - it's quite true. I know well someone who was in a similar line and watched him from the off. Utterly ruthless, clever, cunning and prepared to do what it takes to get where he want's to be but a very dangerous man in my estimation. What goes up quickly usually comes down quicker.

 

[GTB]

They're all crooks in that line of business but the supermarkets control them all. They probably own a controlling share too.

 

[Jock]

At least they are taking our cattle at Portlethen.

Is it not rumours about 2 sisters financial position at the moment that makes them the only ones without a lengthy kill time right now?
Maybe nothing in it and just a reaction to the chicken thing that's happened up here but certainly quite a few scared to send much that way at the moment.

 

[GTB]

Is it not rumours about 2 sisters financial position at the moment that makes them the only ones without a lengthy kill time right now?
Maybe nothing in it and just a reaction to the chicken thing that's happened up here but certainly a few scared to send much that way at the moment.

When they took over St Merryns they sent out a letter saying that tesco would guarantee payment.

 

[d williams]

When they took over St Merryns they sent out a letter saying that tesco would guarantee payment.

That letter was before they took over it was when voion said they were pulling out

 

[GTB]

That letter was before they took over it was when voion said they were pulling out

You might be right too.

 

[Stoosh]

Sometimes, someone comes along who shows up the rest of us as unsophisticated peasants - give a big hand to R S Boparan, the guy who developed Two Sisters from scratch in 1993, into a multi-national food processor (50 sites, 4 countries, 24,000 employees, £3 billion sales).

It's one of the UK's fastest-growing, and most admired, UK private companies; most of its business is poultry, although it has expanded into branded and retailer-labelled biscuits, pizzas, soups, bread and puddings. Recently taking over Vion and Lloyd Maunder, it now has 4 abattoirs as well. It boasts Lucy Neville-Rolfe (now Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE, CMG) on the Board, ex Tesco.

Guarded reports in the farming Press suggest that the company is pursuing a Tesco-inspired business approach towards their farmer suppliers in Scotland.

Anyone care to comment?

£500 million in debt.

 

[gone up the hill]

When they took over St Merryns they sent out a letter saying that tesco would guarantee payment.

Iv never sent cattle down to the plant in cornwall but I know many farmers that have before and after two sisters bought then out and none will send them down there anymore!! few reasons why but the grades have hit the floor and the same cattle can easily be £200/head less there than other plants even thou the deadweight price quoted is nigh on the same!!