All articles by Andrew Don – Page 20
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NewsMedia Bites 23 April: Yo! Sushi/Taiko Foods, Young’s Seafood, Consumer confidence
Restaurant group Yo! Sushi is poised to announce the purchase of Taiko Foods, a supplier of suishi, Asian food-to-go and dim sum to UK retailers, including Waitrose and Costco.
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NewsCity snapshot: Reckitt Benckiser like-for-likes up 2% in first quarter
FTSE 100 consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has posted 2% like-for-like sales growht in the first three months of the year, despite weak sales of its Scholl and Dettol brands. Plus, Brakes’ first financial accounts under the ownership of US food distribution giant Sysco show a 30% fall in pro-rata operating profits and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 April: Kit Kat, Pinnacle Foods, Kraft Heinz
The shape of Kit Kat’s four-finger bar is poised to lose its European Union-wide protected trademark status, reports The Guardian
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever's first quarter underlying sales grow 3.4%
Unilever has posted first-quarter underlying sales growth of 3.4% to reach an overall turnover of €12.6bn (£11bn), driven by 4.3% volume growth excluding spreads. Plus, Nestlé has reported a “solid start to the year” with first quarter organic growth of 2.8%, Pernod Ricard boosted by emerging markets and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 19 April: M&S, Unilever, Pernod Ricard
The role of Marks & Spencer’s executive director of customer, marketing and M&S.com, Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne has been axed “as part of a massive shake-up”.
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NewsCity snapshot: Danone delivers strong start to year with 4.9% growth
Danone has reported a strong start to the year with a 4.9% increase in like-for-like sales growth in the first quarter. Plus, Rémy Cointreau reveals full-year organic sales growth of 7.2%, Heineken beer volumes up 4.3% in the first quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 18 April: Majestic Wine, M&S, ABF
Majestic Wine’s plans to invest more in expansion seem intentionally low-risk which has assuaged investors, writes the FT.
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NewsCity snapshot: First half pre-tax profits dive 30% at ABF
Associated British Foods has announced pre-tax profit down 30% to £603m on group revenue up 2% to £7.4bn in the 24 weeks to 3 March as profits dived in its sugar division. Plus, Majestic Wine plans to accelerate growth “by materially increasing investment in new customer acquisition” in 2019, a new CFO for Tate & Lyle and all the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 17 April: Whitbread, Diageo, Jamie Oliver
Whitbread faces increasing pressure to pursue a demerger amid speculation that activist investor Elliott Advisors is preparing to buy further shares in the business.
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NewsCarr's Group first half pre-tax profits jump 22%
Carr’s Group has reported a 22% increase in adjusted interim pre-tax profit from £9m to £10.9m on revenue up 13.2% from £176.8m to £200.1m.
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NewsBestway annual profits up 8.5% ahead of Bargain Booze swoop
New Bargain Booze and Wine Rack owner Bestway has posted an 8.5% increase in pre-tax profit from £413.3m to £448.4m in the year ended 30 June 2017.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 April: Waitrose, Whitbread, Conviviality, Unilever
Waitrose staff have complained in the John Lewis Partnership in-house magazine that managing director Rob Collin’s restructure of the grocer has crippled the business
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NewsCity snapshot: WH Smith improves food offer as performance hold steady
WH Smith (SMWH) has posted pre-tax profit down 1% from £83m to £82m on static group revenue of £643m in the half year to 28 February. Plus, Greene King’s shares rise on bullish profits guidance and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 12 April: Tesco, Carrefour, Hammerson, EU food regulation
The papers focus on Tesco’s “comback” in defiance of the wider gloom on high streets and three years after the accounting scandal which plunged it into crisis.
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NewsTesco profits jump 28% as it 'moves quickly' to deliver Booker synergies
Tesco has reported “another year of strong progress” with the ninth consecutive quarter of growth and said it was “moving quickly” to deliver synergies and access new growth from the completion of the merger with Booker.
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NewsMedia Bites 11 April: High street closures, Vivo, Hershey
“Crisis on the high street”, trumpets The Daily Mail, which highlights a report by PwC showing 16 stores closed every day last year
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NewsFood sales jump drives 1.4% retail sales growth in March
The latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor shows UK retail sales increased by 1.4% in March on a like-for-like basis, driven by a 4.2% jump in like-for-like food sales.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 April: Iceland/Palm oil, Waitrose, Retail sales
The environment gets a heavy dose of coverage this morning with the news that Iceland has pledged a crackdown on palm oil by removing it from its own-brand food by the end of the year to become the first British supermarket to do so.
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NewsConviviality confirms £7.25m retail sale to Bestway
Stricken Conviviality has confirmed the £7.25m sale of Conviviality Retail to Bestway, including the Bargain Booze, Select Convenience, Wine Rack and Central Convenience chains.
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NewsMedia Bites 9 April: Tesco, Bestway/Bargain Booze, Sugar tax, Pret
Tesco boss Dave Lewis “pressed on merits of Booker tie-up” as it prepares to issue its annual results, writes The Times (£).