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Greencore Acquires Uniq For £113m

The UK’s biggest sandwich-maker is to buy Uniq, in a deal valued at £113m. Uniq makes more than half of its revenues from supplying Marks & Spencer with convenience food, but faced an uncertain future due to its £400m pension liabilities.

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