All articles by Alec Mattinson – Page 179
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NewsGreencore buys The Sandwich Factory from Cranswick
Deal is valued at up to £15m and will be funded from existing debt facilities
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NewsMedia Bites 25 July: AB InBev/SABMiller, BHS, Diageo
AB InBev’s takeover of SABMiller is “on a knife edge”, writes The Times (£) after activist investors push to amend the terms of the deal.
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NewsIs Britain falling out of love with Heinz Beanz?
Shoppers are turning their backs on Heinz’s iconic beans and soups, hitting the brand’s UK sales and profits
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NewsUnilever posts 4.7% first half growth in “challenging markets”
Underlying growth was partly drive by a 2.2% rise in volumes
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NewsMedia Bites 21 July: Mondelez/Burton's, Dollar Shave Club, Brexit
Mondelez has reportedly approached Burton’s Biscuits, the owner of Wagon Wheels, with an offer to buy its Cadbury licence.
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Analysis & FeaturesPost Brexit share price winners and losers
It’s been 25 days since the UK electorate took the decision to quit to the EU. The Grocer looks at who the share price winners and losers have been since the vote.
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NewsCity Snapshot: Conviviality sales more than double after Matthew Clark deal
Full year sales more than doubled at Conviviality in the 53 weeks to 1 May 2016
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NewsMedia Bites 18 July: ABInBev/SABMiller, Boots, Tesco
An influential shareholder advisory firm has weighed into the brewing shareholder dispute over Anheuser-Busch InBev’s blockbuster takeover of SABMiller.
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NewsFerrero in talks with Pladis to buy Delacre
Ferrero is in discussions with Pladis over the acquisition of its Belgian luxury biscuits business Delacre
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NewsFirst quarter like-for-like sales flat at B&M Bargains
B&M European Value Retail, owner of B&M Bargains, has reported flat UK like-for-like sales in its first quarter trading update this morning
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NewsMedia Bites 14 July: Poundland, Co-op/McColls, Amazon
The agreement of Poundland’s £597m to South Africa’s Steinhoff Group is heavily covered in the papers this morning.
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NewsSteinhoff's Poundland deal could mean "more rapid" move to multi-price
Poundland’s near-£600m sale to South Africa’s Steinhoff Group could hasten its shift to becoming a multi-price format retailer, industry analysts predict.
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NewsRaisio sells Halo Foods for a loss to 'hands-on' investor
Raisio Group has sold its UK snack bar business Halo Foods to Dutch investor Nimbus, taking a €19m (£15.9m) hit on the disposal.
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NewsMedia Bites 13 July: M&S, SABMiller, Hotel Chocolat
Marks & Spencer is offering small investors a direct line to the boardroom with the creation of a shareholder panel to scrutinise performance.
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NewsPoundland agrees £597m sale to Steinhoff
The board of Poundland has agreed to a 222p per share sale to South African retail group
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NewsBanham Poultry slips to loss as chicken fillets hit by grocery price war
Fast 50 new entry Banham Poultry tumbled to a pre-tax loss last year after pressure to reduce prices amid rising wage costs hit profits.
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NewsFull-year sales up 12% at Hotel Chocolat
Hotel Chocolat has announced a “slightly ahead” of market expectations 12% rise in sales for the 52 weeks to 26 June
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NewsMedia Bites 12 July: Aldi/Lidl, Brexit, Sugar tax, Retail sales
Aldi and Lidl face threat from weak pound, writes The Financial Times.
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Analysis & FeaturesOC&C Global 50: The 3G Capital/Berkshire Hathaway model
The relentless focus on the bottom line of 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway-owned fmcg giants is become increasingly influential in an industry struggling for volume growth.
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Analysis & FeaturesOC&C Global 50: The year of the mega-deal
2015 was the year the trigger was finally pulled on the global mega-deal.