AB Foods buys 20 per cent stake in Jordans

By Karen AttwoodPublished: 15 September 2007Associated British Foods, which owns the Primark retail chain and food brands from Twinings to Kingsmill, has snapped up a 20 per cent stake in Jordans cereal company for an estimated £15m.The family-owned company has its roots dating back to 1855, when the Jordans were farmers and then later millers in Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. Brothers Bill and