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The Ross Group's trawling operations, however, were losing money throughout the decade and, in 1969, the group agreed to be acquired by
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Ross's and Young's frozen foods operations grew strongly through the 1960s. A new network of distribution depots was set up, and a number of wholesalers throughout the country were acquired. By the middle of the decade the group's share of the UK's frozen food sector topped 5 percent in the retail
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LGV, however, declined to back this expansion, and instead, in 2002, sold Young's
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Newcastle), in June 2003. Purchases of the
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