McVitie's shop floor roles redundant at their Manchester manufacturing facility. This redundancy announcement was also due to the modernisation agenda of the company and also involves a move from an 8-hour 5 day operation, to a 12-hour 7 day operation. In November 2014 United Biscuits, and hence also McVitie's, became owned by Turkish company Yildiz which in 2016 grouped some of its subsidiaries including United Biscuits as pladis (see United Biscuits). McVitie's McVitie's is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose
United Confectioners Ukraine, in retaliation against similar actions taken against the Ukrainian confectioner Roshen. United Confectioners United Confectioners () is a Russian confectionery holding. Through its subsidiaries it produces chocolate bars, cakes, cookies and candies. The holding owns brands such as Krasny Oktyabr, Rot Front and Babayevsky. The company employed 17,000 people in 2013. As of 2015 it was the 13th largest confectionery company worldwide, with sales of $2.2 billion. Until 2011 the company was partly owned by the city of Moscow, and it is currently part of the GUTA Group. In 2016 the company had a 20% share of the Russian