French sugar group sells factory site to Belgian fries maker
Sugar group Tereos has agreed to sell a factory site in northern France to fries maker Agristo. Belgian firm Agristo plans to invest around 350 million euros to develop a new factory for potato-based products to replace the existing sugar processing facility.
Cooperative-owned Tereos faced a union and government backlash after the closure announcement earlier this year, with
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