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Poultry producer Moy Park completes JBS sale

  • 7 Oct 13:40

Brazilian agri-giant JBS SA, the largest meat processor in the world, has announced its purchase of Northern Ireland poultry integrator Moy Park is complete. JBS has notified investors it had paid just short of £800m to previous owner Marfrig, and assumed £193m of Moy Park debt. The company said a major motivation behind the purchase was access to markets and customers Moy Park has developed in the UK and wider Europe – and that it hopes to use these links to grow exports. 5 million chickens per week Janet McCollum, Moy Park's chief executive, said it would be "very much business as usual" for the company, which employs. Read more...