date:Dec 18, 2012
canning sites at Long Sutton and Wisbech in East Anglia, which employ more than 1,000 staff. They manufacture food brands such as Crosse Blackwell, Farrows and Smedleys.
The deal contributed to Princes sales during the second half of 2011.
Operating profit rose 18.6% to 40.2M and sales outside the UK soared 26% to 388M.
Princes now employs more than 6,000 people and operates 14 major food and drink production sites. It predicted that annual sales would reach 2bn by the end of 2013.
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