County Down food-to-go specialist Around Noon has bought a London-based peer for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition of The Soho Sandwich Company sees the Newry company add 300 staff to its headcount and is the third since the management buyout of the business by chief executive officer Gareth Chambers and chair Howard Farquhar in 2016. In that time it has grown substantially and is now ranked as one of the largest manufacturers of sandwiches and other food-to-go in the UK.
The move brings total headcount at the firm to 800 and total revenue of £80 million a year.
