date:Apr 10, 2013
The owners of UK-based egg producer Noble Foods are evaluating plans to sell the company, which is valued at approximately 400m.
Farmers Peter Dean and Michael Kent, the joint owners of the business, are believed to have started discussions over the potential sale with private equity investors and overseas rivals.
Noble Foods collects about 72 million eggs from 350 farms and delivers most of them to supermarkets. The company owns the Happy Eggs and Big Fresh brands. In 2011, the company poste