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John Bigwood and family

Hygrade Foods, which supplies meat products to supermarkets, was sold by Bigwood to Danepak, the Danish food producer, for a reputed £40m in 2003. Kent-based Bigwood, 61, and his family own Oscar Mayer, which produces chilled and frozen meals and made £8m profits on sales of £158.9m in 2004-05. The family has other wealth.