contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message 2 sisters food group type private industry food manufacturing founded 1993 founder ranjit singh boparan headquarters colmore row birmingham england area served united kingdom ireland netherlands and poland products poultry red meat biscuits chilled frozen and bakery products revenue 3.14 billion owner boparan holdings number of employees 23 000 website www.2sfg.com 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 . 1 the group employs 23 000 people with annual sales of 3.14 billion . it is listed 7th on the 2016 sunday times top track 100 . on 27 october 2015 the group announced its full year results 52 weeks ending 1 august 2015 . sales were 3.14 bn with like for like operating profit of 60.4 m. the group reported overall losses for the year of 4.3 m against 143.3 m losses the previous year . it also announced a three year 205m investment plan for its poultry and ready meals businesses . 2 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 . contents 1 structure 2 board 3 history 4 sustainability 5 food standards 6 references 7 external links structure edit 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 board edit executive directors ranjit singh boparan ceo baljinder boparan director steve leadbeater group cfo martyn fletcher coo protein 3 non executive directors charles allen baron allen of kensington chairman andrew cripps senior independent director chair of audit committee david gregory non executive chair of safety & governance committee susan murray member audit and remuneration committees ros rivaz member audit and remuneration committees history edit november 2000 sites at scunthorpe and flixton were acquired . these were significant acquisitions as it meant the group would move from a poultry meat cutting operation to a primary producer . 4 september 2005 the group purchased haughley park near stowmarket allowing the business to manufacture cooked and breaded poultry . 5 june 2007 the group made four acquisitions including joseph mitchell letham of forfar ; challenger foods of sunderland where 400 000 chicken fillets per week are prepared for sandwich and pizza market ; and the tulip facility in morecambe . january 2008 the group bought devon poultry firm lloyd maunder . the firm based in willand in mid devon was bought for an undisclosed sum . april 2010 the group announced the agreed acquisition of dutch based chicken processor storteboom group with facilities in the netherlands and poland . 6 january 2011 the group announced it was to buy northern foods plc in a deal worth 342m . 7 december 2011 premier foods sold its brookes avana business combining rf brookes chilled foods and avana bakeries to 2 sisters for 30m . march 2013 the group announced the acquisition of the uk arm of dutch poultry and red meat company vion . the acquisition helped to meet growing demand from 2 sisters poultry customers and further diversifies the company s offering to include red meat supporting 2 sisters strategy of serving more meal occasions . the acquisition followed the announcement by vion s dutch parent company on 19 november 2012 of its plan to exit its uk operations . 8 june 2013 the vion acquisition was granted unconditional clearance by the office of fair trading oft . 9 10 august 2014 the business announced it was selling its avana bakeries cake business in newport and its salads business solway foods in corby northamptonshire . sustainability edit in december 2014 the business signed a major contract with liverpool based h2 energy for the installation of bio refineries at ten 2 sisters factories to convert product waste into energy . the company claims the deal which will eventually encompass all its manufacturing sites in the uk will deliver 35 000 tonnes of carbon savings 20 000 fewer lorry journeys a year and a significant electric and thermal energy boost reducing its non transport carbon footprint by 10 % . 11 food standards edit in august 2014 an undercover investigation into high levels of the food poisoning bacteria campylobacter in food in the uk allegedly showed raw chicken contaminated by being dropped on the factory floor being returned to the production line at the scunthorpe factory . the company strongly disputed this claim pointing out the footage did not prove the chicken entered the human food chain . the food standards agency initially cleared the factory of any wrongdoing but then admitted a breach of regulations had occurred though the company wasn t fined . 12 in november 2014 2 sisters claimed to have launched the most comprehensive programme in the poultry industry to reduce campylobacter levels . the initiative claimed to be costing 10m would encompass the entire supply chain from farm through to consumer using a variety of interventions including blast surface chilling and no touch packaging . 13 references edit boparan holdings beats abf to top spot in food and drink survey . http www.fwi.co.uk poultry 150m pound investment planned for 2 sisters poultry division.htm addy rod . morrisons director joins 2 sisters food group . meatinfo.co.uk . meatinfo.co.uk . retrieved 27 april 2016 . premier fresh foods market intelligence . 2 sisters new sibling . 2 sisters commits to acquisition of storteboom group . prnewswire.co.uk . 2010 04 23 . retrieved 2010 07 02 . bawden tom 2011 01 22 . boparan buys northern foods . the guardian . london . three scottish meat processing firms saved after vion uk sale . bbc news . 2013 03 04 . 2 sisters vion . archived from the original on 2013 06 22 . retrieved 2013 06 20 . vion takeover 2 sisters deal approval secures thousands of jobs . bbc news . 2013 06 18 . hodgson neil 3 december 2014 . h2 energy 50m bio refinery deal will create 250 jobs . liverpool echo . retrieved 6 january 2015 . felicity lawrence and andrew wasley 12 august 2014 . uk food watchdog admits chicken factory breached hygiene laws . guardian newspapers . retrieved 8 september 2014 . http www.thepoultrysite.com poultrynews 33794 2 sisters food group leads way on campylobacter fight external links edit 2 sisters website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 2 sisters food group & oldid 741781234 categories companies based in the west midlands county food and drink companies established in 1993food production in the united kingdom1993 establishments in englandhidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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