Rule 8 - BIG FOOD GROUP

    FORM 8.1/8.3

Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. Use separate form for
each class of securities in which dealings have been made.

Date of Disclosure 21 December 2004

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b) (i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS
AND MERGERS

Date of Dealing 20 December 2004

Dealing in BIG FOOD GROUP

Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) ORD GBP 0.10

(2) Amount bought  Amount sold  Price per unit
                0      880,000          0.9391
                0    1,000,000          0.9386
            4,332            0          0.9375

Barclays PLC is party to certain CFD and Swap transactions (see below). The resultant
holdings total includes hedges against CFDs (long  22,059 shares)

(3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled
    (and percentage of class) 36,097,978 (10.50%)

(4) Party making disclosure Barclays PLC

(5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser / vendor (Note 1)
           (b) if dealing for discretionary clients, name of fund management organisation

               Barclays PLC

(6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
           (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) NO
                           (ii) offeree NO

Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)

           (b) Rule 8.3 (I.e disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the class
               of relevant securities dealt in) YES

Signed for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above

Geoff Smith
Telephone and extension number
0207 699 2305

A purchaser of a CFD will realise a gain if the price of the underlying security goes up. A seller
of a CFD will realise a gain if the price of the underlying security goes down. The CFD contracts
are open ended and there is no rollover into new contracts.

Contracts for Differences     Date of Disclosure: 21 December 2004

BIG FOOD
Big Food CFD   Trade Date  Buy/Sell  Quantity  Open Price
               17/09/2004    S         93,025      1.0218
               17/09/2004    S            267      1.0425
               21/09/2004    S         42,800      0.9850
               22/09/2004    B         47,890      0.9800
               22/09/2004    S         25,400      0.9850
               27/09/2004    S         13,900      0.9525
               04/10/2004    S         23,772      0.9532
               04/10/2004    S         24,600      0.9561
               12/10/2004    B         21,933      0.9290
               12/10/2004    B         10,000      0.9100
               18/10/2004    B         25,493      0.9200
               18/10/2004    S         10,000      0.9200
               21/10/2004    S         13,247      0.9300
               26/10/2004    B         13,414      0.9275
               27/10/2004    B         12,724      0.9350
               02/11/2004    B          5,767      0.9325
               03/11/2004    S          5,648      0.9475
               04/11/2004    B          6,528      0.9425
               05/11/2004    B          6,587      0.9474
               05/11/2004    S          6,587      0.9500
               08/11/2004    B          3,164      0.9100
               11/11/2004    S         33,600      0.9525
               12/11/2004    B         21,903      0.9437
               15/11/2004    B          9,600      0.9275
               17/11/2004    S          5,777      0.9100
               22/11/2004    B         48,088      0.8892
               22/11/2004    B          4,106      0.8825
               23/11/2004    B         21,304      0.8841
               23/11/2004    B         20,695      0.8729
               23/11/2004    S          6,075      0.8701
               23/11/2004    S         10,000      0.8825
               24/11/2004    B         41,989      0.8830
               25/11/2004    B         30,451      0.8764
               25/11/2004    S          9,313      0.8824
               26/11/2004    B         48,349      0.8694
               29/11/2004    B          3,933      0.8919
               30/11/2004    B        200,000      0.9290
               30/11/2004    B         25,361      0.9217
               30/11/2004    B         20,000      0.9137
               30/11/2004    S         34,236      0.9275
               01/12/2004    B        190,000      0.9265
               01/12/2004    B         29,691      0.9174
               01/12/2004    S         24,308      0.9225
               01/12/2004    S        390,000      0.9175
               03/12/2004    S         28,787      0.9175
               03/12/2004    S         56,942      0.9188
               06/12/2004    B            565      0.9223
               07/12/2004    B         10,600      0.9175
               13/12/2004    S         45,885      0.9250
               17/12/2004    B          6,730      0.9200

Equity Swaps
An Equity Swap is a product where an agreement between two counterparties sees one party
receive the return on an asset from the other party and makes a payment to the other party
based on a fixed or floating rate of interest. The return can be either the price return or the
total return (i.e. including dividends).

Big Food Swap Trade Date Maturity Date Buy/Sell Quantity Open Price
         Swap 28/10/2004 27/10/2005       S      100,000     0.9309
         Swap 17/11/2004 27/10/2005       S      115,000     0.9103
         Swap 22/11/2004 27/10/2005       S      175,000     0.8975
         Swap 30/11/2004 27/10/2005       B      390,000     0.9175
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