text: Northern Foods Plc &lt;NFDS.L> said its &lt;Northserv Inc> unit had agreed to sell &lt;Flagship Cleaning Services Inc> to &lt;Best Co Inc> of Nevada for 24.6 mln dlrs cash. Completion is due on April 30. Flagship is based in Philadelphia and holds the Sears Roebuck and Co &lt;S> franchise for domestic carpet and upholstery cleaning throughout the U.S. In the year to end March 1986 Flagship - then known as KeyServ - reported pre-tax profits of 2.0 mln dlrs with end-year assets of 8.4 mln giving a book profit on disposal of 16.2 mln. Northern Foods shares were unchanged at 297p. REUTER
target: NORTHERN FOODS TO SELL U.S. UNIT FOR 24 MLN DLRS