RNS Number:3936Q
Big Food Group PLC
1 October 2003


Amendment No. 41

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1.   Company in which shares are held:                            Big Food Group

2.   Notifiable Interest:                                        Ordinary Shares

     Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
     P.O. Box HM 670 
     Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), investment manager for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of
Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

     Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 
     82 Devonshire Street 
     Boston, MA 02109

Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
     trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
     pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
     purposes of clarity and efficiency.  Nothing herein should be taken to 
     indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect 
     subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in 
     respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit 
     these notifications on a joint basis.

6.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely 
     where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a 
     right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of 
     such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A                                                      Amendment No. 41

Security:   Big Food Group
 
                                          MANAGEMENT 
                              SHARES HELD    COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

(Ordinary Shares) 
                               27,137,062     FISL            CHASE NOMINEES LTD                              
                                1,586,728      FIL            CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                                4,795,048      FIL              MSS NOMINEES LTD
                                    9,366      FIL   CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON

Total Ordinary Shares:         33,528,204          

Current ownership percentage:       9.77%          

Shares in issue:              343,109,788
          
Change in holdings since 
  last filing                 (1,932,888) ordinary shares





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