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Boparan Holdings

  • ‘Disaster Budget will kill UK farming’, warns chicken king Boparan

    Business

    Entrepreneur Ranjit Singh Boparan, whose empire ranges from Bernard Matthews to Carluccio’s, has warned the autumn Budget is a “disaster for business” and will “deliver a final fatal blow to the thousands of small family-owned farms”. Boparan added that the “inheritance tax raid” on farms announced in the Budget on 30 October “risks supply being [...]

    Boparan owns a food empire containing household names. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
  • Bumper pay day for ‘Chicken King’ Boparan

    Business

    Ranjit Singh Boparan, the so-called ‘Chicken King’, received a bumper pay day after profit at his private office jumped to almost £125m. Boparan’s private office includes high street restaurant brands like Carluccio’s and Gourmet Burger Kitchen as well as Bernard Matthews, Banham Poultry and Elkes Biscuits. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House have revealed that the [...]

    Ranjit Singh Boparan's private office is to buy the European poultry arm of his 2 Sisters Food Group.
  • ‘Chicken King’ Ranjit Singh Boparan to sell poultry arm to himself

    Business

    The poultry arm of 2 Sisters Food Group, which is owned by the so-called ‘Chicken King’ Ranjit Singh Boparan, is to be sold to his private office for more than €200m (£168m). Boparan, who also owns high street restaurant brands like Carluccio’s and Gourmet Burger Kitchen, is to sell the European poultry operation to his [...]

    Ranjit Singh Boparan's private office is to buy the European poultry arm of his 2 Sisters Food Group.
  • Chicken King’s empire still in the red despite sales passing £3bn

    May 8, 2024

    The food empire run by the so-called "Chicken King" has spent another year in the red despite its turnover rising to more than £3bn.

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