What The Sunday Papers Said

Pub grub provider Brake Brothers is believed to be preparing for a stock market listing. According to sources CDR, the company's private equity owner, has ignored overtures from other private financed houses and instead is seeking a listing that could see the business valued at up to £500m. - Sunday Express​

SABMiller is set to sign contracts worth £50m to acquire three breweries in China. The brewer is already China's biggest volume beer producer and the new deals would add to the brewer's production capacity at it5s China Resources Snow Breweries. - Sunday Telegraph​

The doctor who treated George Best in the footballer's final days of his life last year warned that increasing numbers of young women risked premature death by drinking to excess. Professor Roger Williams said female drinkers are a third less resilient to the effects of alcohol than me. - Independent On Sunday​

Britvic chief executive Paul Moody has thanked shareholders for sticking with his company in a year which saw two profits warnings, talk of a hostile bid and a ban of the group's sugary drinks in schools. "Shareholders have been great. They've asked some searching and challenging questions but I'd expect them to do that even if the business was showing double-digit growth," he said. Britvic has responded positively to the call for healthier soft drinks, he added. - Independent On Sunday​

Robert Schofield, the chief executive of Premier Foods, which owns brands such as Branston Pickle and Angel Delight, is believed to have launched a bid for rival food manufacturer RHM, best known for Hovis, Bisto and Mr Kipling's cakes. If a deal were to go ahead it would create a £2bn food production business. - Sunday Times​