2 Sisters Food Group acquires S&A Foods site

2 Sisters Food Group has completed the acquisition of the previous S&A Foods’ location in Derby, UK.

The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.

2 Sisters Food Group plans to develop the previous S&A Foods site, which is located on the Sir Francis Ley Industrial Estate, and to have a host of recruitment days in the next few weeks.

A 2 Sisters spokesman told FoodManufacture.co.uk: "We can confirm the transaction relating to the purchase of the site at Sir Francis Ley Industrial Estate, Shaftsbury Street South, Derby has now been completed and the site will be operated by 2 Sisters Food Group.

"The 2 Sisters team is actively working up plans to develop the site and will be looking to engage with the local workforce through a number of recruitment days over the coming weeks."

Derby City Council cabinet member for jobs and fair employment and councillor Lisa Eldret said the acquisition of the location by 2 Sisters was "really positive news", reported BBC.

S&A Foods, which had a £44m-turnover, collapsed in October, and administrators from Deloitte were called in.

The collapse of S&A Foods led to 350 employees being made redundant.

Earlier last week, 2 Sisters told Foodmanufacture.co.uk that the company was a lead interested party in the potential acquisition of the site.

Set up in 1987 by Perween Warsi who named the company after her two sons Sadiq and Abid, S&A Foods manufactured Indian cuisine from its facility at the Sir Francis Ley Industrial Estate.

Warsi had stated in October that the primary reason for the company’s collapse was because the supermarket chain Asda had decided to end its contract for the supply of chilled ready meals, reported Insidermedia.com.

Warsi said Asda had taken this decision based on price, and not because of quality.

2 Sisters is primarily involved with poultry processing, as well as frozen and chilled foods, and biscuits.