Company Editor

"premier-foods": {
    "names": [
        "Premier Foods",
        "Premier Foods plc",
        "PFD"
    ],
    "comment": "Premier Foods is a British food manufacturer that has faced accusations of unsafe working conditions [1], anticompetitive supplier practices [2][3], and price fixing [4]. It has also reversed its promise to use free‑range eggs to cut costs [5] and sold food containing carcinogens [6].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://resources.hse.gov.uk/notices/notices/notice_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=313640723",
        "2": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/05/premier-foods-pay-stay-supplier",
        "3": "https://www.safe-collections.com/blog/debt-collection/premier-foods-named-and-shamed-on-exceedingly-bad-payment-practices/",
        "4": "https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2016-05-10-why-premier-foods-is-off-the-hook-in-bread-price-scandal/",
        "5": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250902074958/https://www.thetimes.com/article/mr-kipling-not-such-a-good-egg-after-all-hw3mhnnxsf0",
        "6": "https://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2005/03/03/1313354.htm"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {
        "1": "unsafe working conditions",
        "2": "anticompetitive supplier practices",
        "3": "anticompetitive supplier practices",
        "4": "engaged in price fixing",
        "5": "reversed promise to use free range eggs to save costs",
        "6": "sold food containing carcinogens"
    },
    "tags": [
        "food",
        "beverages"
    ],
    "score": 43,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Logo-04.png",
    "siteUrl": "http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/",
    "updatedAt": "2025-09-01T15:26:23.947Z"
},