All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 181
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Media Bites 16 Feb: Aldi, Reckitt Benckiser
There are only two stories which dominate coverage in today’s papers as far as food and drink is concerned: Aldi’s plans for 80 new stores and a good year for Durex and Dettol owner Reckitt Benckiser.
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City snapshot: Food and drink manufacturing worth £21bn to UK economy
The whole of UK manufacturing grew 3% to £364bn in 2014 – the equivalent of £9.2bn
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99p Stores losses balloon in run up to Poundland sale
Losses at 99p Stores grew to £11m and sales went into reverse in the run up to Poundland acquiring the business last year,.
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Asahi in deal to buy Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime from AB InBev
Asahi has signalled its global ambitions after striking a deal with AB InBev to acquire Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime
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Oppo attracts hundreds of new investors in crowdfunding round
Oppo ice cream has smashed its new crowdfunding target of £150,000 before the latest campaign has even officially launched.
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Trewithen continues rapid growth despite challenges in dairy
Cornish processor Trewithen Dairy has continued its rapid expansion with another year of double-digit growth
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Tate & Lyle shares fall as FTSE 100 undergoes volatile week
It’s been a week of extreme volatility for global stock markets
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Media Bites 12 Feb: BOGOF, Sainsbury's, Justin King
The big news in the paper retail-wise this morning is that Sainsbury’s is planning to out all multi-buy promotions by the summer. Plus former Sainsbury’s boss wades into the building tax row.
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City snapshot: Fold Hill Foods acquires Pointer Pet Products
More consolidation in the petcare market, plus Ocado gets a welcome boost from US fund management giant
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Bakkavor international sales surge
CEO Agust Gudmundsson said the deal to regain control of the ready meals supplier last month marked a turning point for Bakkavor.
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Asahi strikes £2bn deal for Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime
Japanese brewer Asahi has agreed a deal with AB InBev to acquire Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime for €2.55bn.
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Carlsberg slumps to £270m loss as premium boosts Heineken profits
Heineken and Carlsberg have reported mixed fortunes for 2015, with the Dutch brewer increasing profits and its Danish counterpart slumping to a massive loss.
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Media Bites 10 Feb: Coca-Cola Company, Kantar Worldpanel
A quiet morning for retail in the papers with Coke’s fourth quarter earnings statement
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City snapshot: Heineken focus on premium boosts sales and profits
Heineken increases organic revenues 3.5% to €20.5bn, plus Ocado annual reports shows rising pay for directors
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Speyside Distillers to finance growth with £2.3m funding package
Speyside Distillers Company is targeting expansion in the UK and overseas after securing a £2.3m bank funding package.
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City snapshot: Casino sells Thai food retailer for €3.1bn
Casino has agreed to sell its stake in a Thai food retailer for €3.1bn in a deal which will help the French supermarket group halve its net debt.
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Media Bites 8 Feb: Argos, Sainsbury’s, Vita Coco
The merger of Sainsbury’s and Argos is still eating up column inches in the weekend papers, with reports that retail tycoon Christo Wiese and former Asda CEO Andy Bond weighed up a bid and ex-M&S boss Lord Rose predicting the deal would trigger a wave of consolidation on the high street.
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Argos deal set to make Sainsbury's top UK non-food retailer
Sainsbury’s game-changing £1.3bn takeover of Argos would catapult the supermarket to become the largest non-food retailer
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City snapshot: Year on year price fall is largest on record
Plus Waitrose continues to struggle in January, with weekly sales down 2.4%
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Paynes Dairies back in the black after cutting farmgate prices
Paynes Dairies has returned to profit after spending two years in the red as it renegotiated the price it pays farmers