 CCL Foods operates as a subsidiary of Baxters and is now known as Baxters (Earls Colne) Ltd.

Norman Soutar was appointed as group managing director in July 2004 and was the first non-member of the Baxter family to lead the company.Soutar had joined Baxters in 2000 as food service director and was later director of corporate strategy.His appointment as group managing director gave him operational management of the business and began a new approach to foreign markets, whereby Baxters sought to establish overseas production facilities rather than relying on exporting goods from the United Kingdom.