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Leading UK egg producer Noble Foods has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board.

Noble Foods agrees Gü acquisition by Exponent Noble Foods has agreed to sell top premium chilled desserts brand Gü to Exponent for an undisclosed sum, as the private equity group claims the brand has significant global potential. Mark Lynch, partner at corporate finance house Oghma Partners, said of Exponent: "Looks like a good owner for the Gü business given their historic track record of successfully growing food businesses.​ "We expect that Exponent will be...

The River Wye at Redbrook in early June turned green because of algal blooms. ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are calling on one of the UK’s largest egg producers to urgently address the degradation caused to the River Wye by intensive poultry farming. River Action is campaigning for protection of the River Wye, 60% of which is in ecological crisis according to Natural Resources Wales. The group has written to Noble Foods to take immediate action to address the significant environmental degra...

Noble Foods appoints former Kerry Foods md in senior role Free range egg supplier Noble Foods has appointed former Kerry Foods head of private label Liam Burke as managing director of its consumer division, effective immediately. He joins the business after 33 years at Kerry, where he most recently served as managing director of private label grocery and meals – a role he held for two years. Noble Foods chief executive Duncan Everett said: “ With his extensive ...

23rd February 2021 Noble Foods, the owner of the Happy Egg Co. and Gü Puds brands, has appointed Liam Burke as Managing Director of its consumer division, which includes its shell egg, foodservice and agricultural businesses. Burke joins the Noble Foods senior team following a career spanning 33 years at Kerry Foods. Over the course of his three decades at the company, he rose through the ranks from an entry role as a production graduate, eventually ending his tenure as Managing Director of Pr...

By Henry Sandercock2021-02-23T11:21:00+00:00 Source: Noble Foods  Burke is the latest Kerry executive to cross over to Noble after its appointment of Duncan Everett as CEO last year Noble Foods has hired long-serving Kerry Foods executive Liam Burke as the MD of its consumer foods division. He joined this month after what Noble described as an “illustrious” 33-year career at Kerry. Burke takes the reins of Noble’s shell egg, foodservice and agricultural businesses – with responsibili...

Kerry Co-op will move forward with a bid for Kerry PLCs dairy business in a move set to trigger a break-up of the groups consumer brands, the Irish Independent has learned.

Sheard has experience in senior marketing roles at Merlin Entertainments, Dairy Crest and The Coca Cola Company Noble Foods has appointed former Dairy Crest head of marketing Laura Sheard to the newly created role of marketing and innovations director. Sheard joined the egg giant last week, five months after leaving Merlin Entertainments where she spent just over four years as its sales and marketing director in the UK and Australia, with responsibility for the marketing of attractions includin...