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‘Private equity firm takes Burton’s biscuits with £210m purchase’ - The Times (UK)

“The company behind Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers was yesterday snapped up by Duke Street Capital, the private equity firm, in an estimated £210 million deal. Duke Street saw off competition from Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, the Irish owner of Jacob’s Fig Rolls and Jacob’s Cream Crackers, in the final round of bidding to seal a deal with Burton’s Foods, Britain’s second-biggest biscuit maker. “

Continue reading: ‘Private equity firm takes Burton’s biscuits with £210m purchase’, The Times, 19 March 2007.