Major food supplier to Lidl, Aldi and Iceland plunges into administration with hundreds of jobs cut

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Kanes Food Limited, based in Worcestershire, which supplied supermarkets up and down the UK with ready meals has gone into administration with 662 people facing losing their jobs

More than 650 people are set to lose their jobs after a major ready meal producer to Aldi, Lidl, Iceland and Asda went into administration.

Kanes Food Limited supplied supermarkets up and down the UK with meals including pre-packaged salads, stir-fry products and sauces, from its base in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Local MP Nigel Huddleston said that 662 people will lose their jobs which he described as being "devastating" for the local community.

PwC appointed administrators on November 9 and laid out in a statement that Kanes Food had faced "significant financial and operational challenges over the last few years".

It pointed to the failure of its wastewater treatment plant in 2025 as causing major disruption with immediate costs of around £2million. Then drought this summer also caused supply problems.

PwC said that Timothy Andrew Higgins, Edward Williams and Helen Wheeler-Jones of PwC would oversee the administration process.

"The Company faced significant financial and operational challenges over the last few years. In June 2025, the failure of its wastewater treatment plant caused significant disruption, resulting in one-off costs of approximately £2 million and a lasting increase in running costs," read a statement from PwC.

"In August 2026, drought-related supply issues affected trading during the Company’s busy summer season. Ongoing losses, negative cash flow and uncertainty over future demand put the Company’s finances under increasing strain."

It added that no workable solution could be found by directors of Kanes Food and that trading has ceased following the appointment of the administrators.

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