The competition watchdog has launched a full-blown probe into the £75million takeover of bread maker Hovis by the owner of Kingsmill. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will fast-track an ...

Bread producers Hovis and Kingsmill are set for a historic merger with their owners expected to ink an agreement after months of discussion. Kingsmill, whose immediate parent Allied Bakeries is owned ...

Associated British Foods Plc, owner of UK bread brand Kingsmill, agreed to buy rival baker Hovis from its private equity backer. AB Foods said the deal with PE firm Endless LLP will let Kingsmill ...

Move by UK competition regulator comes as Associated British Foods, which owns Primark, issues profit warning Business live – latest updates The UK competition watchdog has ramped up its investigation ...

Kingsmill's owner has said it has agreed to buy rival Hovis and plans to merge the companies in a move that would create the UK's biggest bread brand. Associated British Foods (ABF) which also owns ...