A foul time for Britain’s chicken king, Ranjit Singh Boparan

Ranjit Singh Boparan built Britain’s second-largest food empire from scratch. But an undercover film has shone an unwelcome spotlight on the business.

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"Chicken king" Ranjit Singh Boparan
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The furore over supermarkets supplier 2 Sisters Food Group has cast an unwelcome spotlight on "chicken king" Ranjit Singh Boparan, says the Evening Standard. The West Midlands food tycoon has built Britain's second-largest food empire from scratch while zealously guarding his own privacy. Boparan's company, known in the trade as 2SFG, reportedly produces one-third of all poultry products consumed in Britain. But after an undercover film revealed a spate of horrors from poor hygiene standards to the fiddling of food-safety dates all hell has broken loose.

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