Greencore announces merger of two food units

Two Greencore food divisions have been merged into one unit called Convenience Food and Mr Tony Hynes has been appointed head…

Two Greencore food divisions have been merged into one unit called Convenience Food and Mr Tony Hynes has been appointed head of the newly merged business.

The company said in a statement that Ms Anne Truelove and Mr Gerry Smith, respectively the current chief executives of Greencore Chilled Foods and Greencore Ambient & Frozen, will be leaving the group.

Mr David Dilger, group chief executive said: "There are clear benefits to further integrating the business and unifying the leadership of all of our convenience food activities."