International acquisitions on the cards at Seabrook

As part of plans to grow overseas, Seabrook Crisps has hired investment bankers Houlihan Lokey.

The Bradford-based food manufacturer is aiming to accelerate sales abroad with the help of the advisory- focused Los Angeles bank.

Part of this will be through strategic international acquisitions, according to The Times.

It has already embarked on international export plans, having signed a deal to supply Dubai stores with a range of its premium Lattice crisps last year.

Just over 18 months ago, private equity investors at LDC acquired Seabrook, backing a management buyout which valued the company at £35m.

It had remained a family business, having been founded in 1945 by Charles Brook and his veteran son Colin, until the buyout in 2015.