China’s Bright Food Group has hired Goldman Sachs to sell the breakfast cereals producer Weetabix in a deal that could value the famous British brand at roughly £1 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sale comes less than five years after the Chinese company agreed to take control of the 84-year-old business. Bright Food has struggled to crack the Chinese market, where many consumers tend to eat hot breakfasts.

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