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2 Sisters Food Group is a privately owned Birmingham, England-based food manufacturing company. Established in 1993 by entrepreneur and current chief executive, Ranjit Singh Boparan, as a frozen retail poultry cutting operation, it has grown rapidly through acquisition and expanded to cover 36 manufacturing sites in the UK, six in the Netherlands, five in Ireland and 1 in Poland. Primarily a private label manufacturer for retailer and food service markets, the acquisition of Northern Foods in 2011 gave the Group ownership of brands like Fox's Biscuits, Goodfella's Pizza, Holland's Pies, Matthew Walker Christmas Puddings, Donegal Catch and Green Isle. It is the largest food company in the UK by turnover. The group employs 23,000 people, with annual sales of £3.14 billion. It is listed 8th on the 2015 ''Sunday Times'' Top Track 100. On 27 October 2015, the Group announced its full year results (52 weeks ending 1 August 2015). Sales were £3.14bn, with like-for-like operating profit of £60.4m. The Group reported overall losses for the year of £4.3m, against £143.3m losses the previous year. It also announced a three-year £205m investment plan for its poultry and ready meals businesses.〔http://www.fwi.co.uk/poultry/150m-pound-investment-planned-for-2-sisters-poultry-division.htm〕 In December 2013, the company was ranked as Britain's 4th Most Admired Company (food producers sector) in the ''Management Today'' Most Admired Company list, voted for by its industry peers. ==Structure== The company has seven primary trading categories: UK Poultry - Employs more than 8,000 people at 17 sites. Activity includes primary processing of Red Tractor minimum standard birds, Free Range, Organic and Corn Fed chicken. This represents about half of the business by sales. European Poultry - Employs 2,000 at six sites in the Netherlands and one in Poland. Red Meat - Employs 1,000 at two sites in Devon and Cornwall. Frozen - Employs 800 in the UK and Ireland - manufactures the Goodfellas Pizza brand Biscuits - Employs more than 2,000 and produces Fox's Biscuits and own label from three sites (Batley, Uttoxeter and Kirkham) Chilled - Employs 4,000 with products including ready meals, soups and sandwiches Bakery - Employs 1,000 producing chilled pizza, puddings, sandwiches, sushi, hot cross buns and morning goods Following the acquisition of the VION UK business in 2013 (see below) 11 sites based in Wales, Scotland, Eye, Witham, Basildon, and two sites in Cornwall (Bodmin and Victoria) were added to the portfolio. There are also Group functions (located in Birmingham, Wakefield and Nottingham) - Finance, IT, HR, legal, communications, procurement, payroll, technical 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2 Sisters Food Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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