Offer Update

Greencore Group PLC
14 November 2000


                      Greencore Group plc ('Greencore')
                                      
        Recommended cash offer for Hazlewood Foods plc ('Hazlewood')


In  total, Greencore has to date received irrevocable undertakings to  accept
the   Offer   in   respect  of  71,459,482  Hazlewood  Shares,   representing
approximately  31.3  per  cent.  of  the issued  ordinary  share  capital  of
Hazlewood.

Of these:

8,002,956  Hazlewood  Shares (representing approximately  3.5  per  cent.  of
Hazlewood's  issued  ordinary  share capital)  are  subject  to  undertakings
obtained  from the Hazlewood Directors and certain of their close  relatives.
The  terms of these undertakings require acceptance of the Offer even in  the
event of a competing offer from a third party.

51,857,528  Hazlewood Shares (representing approximately 22.7  per  cent.  of
Hazlewood's  issued ordinary share capital), will cease to be subject  to  an
undertaking in the event that a third party announces, within ten days  after
10  November, 2000, an intention to make an offer for all the ordinary shares
in  the  share capital of Hazlewood of more than Stg 125 pence per  Hazlewood
Share.    Of   these,   up  to  26,061,228  Hazlewood  Shares   (representing
approximately  11.4 per cent. of Hazlewood's issued ordinary  share  capital)
will  cease  to  be  subject to an undertaking in  respect  of  the  relevant
Hazlewood Shares in the event that the relevant underlying customer or client
terminates   its  professional  relationship  with  the  person  giving   the
undertaking.

11,598,998  Hazlewood Shares (representing approximately  5.1  per  cent.  of
Hazlewood's  issued ordinary share capital) will cease to be  subject  to  an
undertaking in the event that a third party bid is made for the whole or part
of  the  issued ordinary share capital of Hazlewood under which the value  of
the  consideration is not less Stg 120 pence per share, or the Offer  is  not
made  within  28 days after 10 November 2000.  The relevant Hazlewood  Shares
will  also  cease  to  be subject to an undertaking in  the  event  that  the
relevant   underlying   customer  or  client  terminates   its   professional
relationship with the person giving the undertaking.


In  addition  Greencore  has,  since  announcing  the  Offer,  purchased,  in
aggregate, 38,000,000 Hazlewood Shares, representing approximately  16.6  per
cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of Hazlewood.

Terms  used in this announcement have the same meaning as in the announcement
of  the  recommended  cash offer for Hazlewood released by  Greencore  on  10
November 2000.


Enquiries:

Greencore                                                  00 353 1 605 1000

David Dilger
Kevin O'Sullivan

Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (financial adviser to Greencore) 020 7986 4000

Peter Smart
David James (Corporate Broking)

Financial Dynamics (PR advisers to Greencore)                  020 7930 0777

Charles Watson


Salomon  Brothers  International Limited, trading as Schroder  Salomon  Smith
Barney  ('Schroder Salomon Smith Barney'), which is regulated in  the  United
Kingdom  by  The  Securities and Futures Authority  Limited,  is  acting  for
Greencore  and the Offeror and no one else in connection with the Offer,  and
will  not be responsible for anyone other than Greencore and the Offeror  for
providing  the  protections afforded to customers of Schroder  Salomon  Smith
Barney or for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Offer.