NW economy: Growth on the menu for family food firm

READY meals manufacturer Laila’s Fine Foods is set to break £20m turnover for the first time next year after winning a contract from supermarket chain Iceland.

It has increased its turnover six-fold to £18m in the last five years and is investing £1.3m over the next two years to ensure its continued growth.

The family business, which employs 250 staff, started in the home kitchen of Laila Remtulla in 1986.

Today it supplies ready meals to supermarkets as own label products, which accounts for 7... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...