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Cargill food unit expands in UK

// 08 jan 2008

The food products unit of Cargill - Sun Valley Europe- has acquired Freeman's of Newent Ltd, a British chicken processing business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Freeman's, based on Newent in southwest England, has 120 employees. Sun Valley already had processing facilities in Hereford and Wolverhampton in England. Cargill's global poultry business has facilities in Britain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua and Thailand.

Related websites:
Sun Valley Europe  
Freeman's of Newent Ltd   

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