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Article: Cranswick to acquire Bowes processing op.(news: FRESH FOOD)(Bowes of Norfolk Ltd.)(Brief article)

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April 11, 2009
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Pork specialist Cranswick aims to strengthen its processing operations by acquiring family business Bowes of Norfolk.

Some 620 staff at the Bowes pork-processing operation will transfer to Cranswick if the 17.2m [pounds sterling] deal is given Competition Commission approval, which is expected late June.

Under the agreement, Bowes' arable farming business will be retained by family members, while the pig-rearing business will be sold back to a Bowes management buyout team that will ...

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