Why do you want to work for Weetabix?
Why do you want to work for Weetabix?
WE HAVE FLEXIBLE BENEFITS We have a flexible benefits package and all the good stuff you’d expect, pension, cycle to work etc and the opportunities for personal development and progression are only limited by what you want to do.
Who owns Weetabix UK?
Post HoldingsLion Capital LLPWestminster Acquisition Limited
Weetabix Limited/Parent organizations
What is Weetabix describe the company who manages it?
Weetabix also operates its own packaging subsidiary, Vibixa Limited, supporting its own products as well as its private-label production. Weetabix is led by Richard George, a member of the family that has controlled Weetabix since the 1940s.
How many people work at Weetabix?
1,000 people
We employ over 1,000 people, all of whom we believe make a difference, after all, we can’t be us without them! Many of our employees have an irreplaceable connection with our company as they are following in their parents’ and even grandparents’ footsteps by joining the Weetabix family.
Is Weetabix a good place to work?
Is Weetabix a good company to work for? Weetabix has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 54 reviews left anonymously by employees.
Do the Chinese own Weetabix?
China’s Bright Food has bought a controlling stake in Weetabix, which owns the breakfast cereal brand as well as Alpen and Ready Brek. Bright Food will take a 60% stake in Weetabix in a deal that values the company at £1.2bn.
How many Weetabix factories are there in the UK?
The two Corby Weetabix factories are two of four in the UK. There are also large bases at Burton Latimer and Ashton-Under-Lyne in Manchester.
Who is the CEO of Weetabix?
Giles Turrel (Oct 18, 2011–)Weetabix Limited / CEO
Does America have Weetabix?
Beyond the UK, Weetabix has operations in North America, South Africa, Germany and Spain, and it is the majority owner of a joint venture in Kenya that serves the African market. The UK and Ireland remain its biggest market, followed by North America and China.
What has happened to Weetabix?
Weetabix sold to US firm after breakfast cereal fails to catch on in China. UK cereal brand Weetabix is to be snapped up by the US company Post Holdings in a deal worth £1.4bn.
Is Weetabix a British company?
UK cereal brand Weetabix is to be snapped up by the US company Post Holdings in a deal worth £1.4bn. The breakfast cereal favourite, made in Britain since 1932, was put up for sale in January by China’s Bright Food which took a majority stake in 2012.
Does Nestle own Weetabix?
The Weetabix Food Company has been bought by US consumer packaged food company Post Holdings in a deal worth £1.4bn. The iconic brand, made only with British wheat, has been under Chinese ownership by Shanghai-based group Bright Food since 2012 but will now join Post’s portfolio of cereal brands.
Are Aldi Weetabix the same as Weetabix?
Aldi’s version tasted pretty similar to Weetabix but had a rough, gritty texture which might put some people off eating them. The discount supermarket only sells its version in bumper packs of 36, meaning you get lots for your money and they cost just 4p per biscuit – the joint cheapest we tested.
Are Weetabix getting smaller?
Conversation. Hi Emma, We’ve not changed the size of the Weetabix moulds since our automation was introduced in the 1960s. Occasionally some biscuits may be thinner if we have compressed them into the moulds a little more than others.
Who makes Lidl Weetabix?
Lidl Bixies are their own brand for Weetabix, made by Crownfield. I’ve been eating Crownfield Bixies from Lidl for the last four years – I’d had a break before that as, as a rule, I didn’t buy milk.
Why is Weetabix so expensive?
Cereal company Weetabix has become the latest company to warn of price rises sparked by the lower pound. Although the company takes its wheat from within 50 miles of its processing plants in Northampton, wheat is priced in dollars and the weaker pound means it takes more pounds to buy dollar-listed items.
Why do Weetabix taste different?
It’s probably because the products are made by the same manufacturers. According to The Sun, Weetabix also makes Asda’s Wheat Bisks and Tesco’s Wheat Biscuits, although the price of the own brand versions is very different to the original.
Why are Weetabix so expensive?
What are Aldi Weetabix called?
Aldi Harvest Morn Wheat Bisks Aldi’s version tasted pretty similar to Weetabix but had a rough, gritty texture which might put some people off eating them.