Indian-origin ‘chicken king’ in UK eyes biscuit empire

Ranjit Singh Boparan, who owns '2 Sisters Food Group' -- the biggest supplier of poultry to supermarkets in the UK -- is in talks to merge his Fox's Biscuits brand with Burton's Foods

Ranjit Singh Boparan, who owns ‘2 Sisters Food Group’ — the biggest supplier of poultry to supermarkets in the UK — is in talks to merge his Fox’s Biscuits brand with Burton’s Foods

LONDON: Britain’s Indian-origin “chicken king”, whose poultry operations is battling a hygiene scandal at one of its factories, is reportedly looking at expanding his biscuit empire. 

Ranjit Singh Boparan, who owns ‘2 Sisters Food Group’ — the biggest supplier of poultry to supermarkets in the UK — is in talks to merge his Fox’s Biscuits brand with Burton’s Foods and then listing the enlarged entity on the London Stock Exchange, according to ‘Sky News’. 

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