All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 169
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Higgidy goes into the red despite soaring sales of premium pies
Higgidy has recorded another year of double-digit sales growth
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Analysis and Features
Supermarket shares hit by new price war fears
Growing rumblings of a new front in the already brutal supermarket price war
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Butterkist owners selling up to cash in on popcorn boom
The private-equity owner of Butterkist is lining up a sale of the brand to capitalise on booming demand for popcorn…
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Danone snaps up WhiteWave in $12.5bn deal for healthy future
Danone has agreed to buy US food group WhiteWave Foods for US$12.5bn in cash deal worth $56.25 a share.
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Bernard Matthews offloads German subsidiary to free up cash
Bernard Matthews has agreed to sell its German operations to Sprehe Gruppe to release cash for UK group
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PureCircle grows profits but shares fall on future concerns
Stevia producer PureCircle is expecting profits to have jumped 60% in the past year as it strengthened margins and increased sales.
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Hilton Food Group eyes Portuguese joint venture
Hilton Food Group has signed an agreement with Portuguese food retailer Modelo Continente Hipermercados (Sonae) to supply retail packaged fresh meat into its stores.
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Booker sales squeezed by tobacco display ban and falling food prices
Booker revenues were hit by the tobacco display ban and continued food price deflation during the first quarter with like-for-like sales falling 2.9%.
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Media Bites 6 July: Sainsbury's, Brexit, BHS
An update on the takeover of Argos owner Home Retail Group by Sainsbury’s yesterday picks up coverage in most papers this morning after the supermarket published a 188-page prospectus detailing how the merger would go ahead.
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Food price deflation deepens in June
The latest BRC – Nielsen shop price index for June revealed that food prices were down 0.8% last month
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Consumer products firms hungry for deals
Consumer products and retail companies have the greatest appetite for mergers and acquisitions out of 19 sectors, a global survey by EY has found.
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Media Bites 4 July: Bernard Matthews, Hershey, Waitrose, Charlie Bigham's M&S, Brexit
Ranjit Boparan has been flagged as the front-runner in a flock of bidders for turkey supplier Bernard Matthews after private equity owner Rutland Partners put it up for sale.
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City snapshot: Refresco bulks up finances for more deals
European drinks bottler Refresco Group has refinanced its €672m loan facility to help fund more acquisitions.
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Wilko hails 'year of recovery' as sales grow for first time in three years
Wilko has halted three consecutive years of declining sales thanks to a “buoyant” Christmas and its growing portfolio of stores
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Waitrose profits slump as John Lewis pension costs bite
Waitrose pre-tax profits slumped 17.4% last year as the supermarket slugged it out in a brutal price war with the big four and the discounters.
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Brexit: loss of launchpad role puts UK food deals at risk
Global players may no longer view a UK that is outside the single European market as the ideal beachhead for an expansion
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Jeff van der Eems to aid Continental Bakeries in biscuits
It comes as Goldman Sachs and investment firm Silverfern completed the acquisition of Continental Bakeries from NPM Capital
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Bernard Matthews on the block as owner puts up 'for sale' sign
The private equity owner of Bernard Matthews has put the turkey giant up for sale, PwC has confirmed.
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Crawshaw appoints McMeikan as like-for-like sales fall
Like-for-like sales at value meat retailer Crawshaw dipped as footfall on the street decline in recent months. It also appointed Brakes CEO Ken McMeikan as a non-executive director
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Media Bites 29 June: My Local, Ocado, Brexit, Molson Coors, BHS
Troubled convenience chain My Local has closed almost 90 stores in the past few days and let more than 1,200 workers go as it faces administration, according to this morning’s papers.