Greencore still mulling possible counter bid for Northern Foods
Greencore, which is headquartered in Dublin, said it was still considering its response to a rival 342 million offer from the owner of the Harry Ramsden's fish restaurants. That deal, struck in January, scuppered Greencore's hopes of a merger with Northern.
It has been reported that Greencore, which makes sandwiches and other chilled convenience food for some of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, is working on a possible higher offer backed by private equity.
Northern, also the maker of Goodfella's pizza, agreed a merger with Greencore before switching sides to Boparan, which also owns the Two Sisters chicken processing business.