All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 182
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Pooch & Mutt secures bank funding to chase more growth
Premium petcare brand Pooch & Mutt has secured a five-figure bank funding package to keep up soaring demand for its natural, health-focused dog food, treats and supplements.
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Media Bites 3 Feb: Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Casino, EasyFood
Sainsbury’s £1.3bn Argos offer hogs the limelight, overshadowing news of Ocado’s second year of profits
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Eagle Eye first-half revenues fall short of expectations
Eagle Eye Solutions sales up 30% in first half as it signs major contract with Sainsbury’s
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury’s enthusiasm for Argos is well-placed… but risks remain
Aside from the financials, Coupe is adamant the tie-up would be good news for British consumers
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Sainsbury's offers Home Retail £1.3bn in improved takeover bid
The bid is boosted by the £340m sale of the Homebase chain to Australia-based Westfarmers
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Media Bites 2 Feb: EasyJet, M&S, EasyFoodstore, Sainsbury's, Bargain Booze
EasyJet boss Dame Carolyn McCall breaks her silence about an approach to take charge of M&S. Plus the budget airline dips a toe into grocery with the launch of EasyFoodstore.
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City snapshot: Sainsbury's tables £1.3bn Home Retail offer
Plus Ocado revenues up 16.7% to £1.1bn and pre-tax profits jump 65.3% to £11.9m
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Analysis and Features
Conviviality set to profit as Matthew Clark beds in quicker than expected
The Bargain Booze owner expects profits in the next two years to be higher than expected
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Boots to axe up to 350 UK managerial jobs
Boots is proposing cuts to between 300 and 350 management roles in the UK as the high street chain continues its plans to simplify the business.
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Real Good Food shares slump on profit warning
Shares in Real Good Food crash to lows not seen since April 2015 as the business warns its full-year profits would fall short of expectations.
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Analysis and Features
Diageo sales and profits sink as currency volatility bites
Currency volatility gave Diageo a headache in the first half as operating profits sank £156m to £1.7bn
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Media Bites 29 Jan: Diageo, diary farmers, waste
Diageo’s first-half results, worrying times for Britain’s dairy farmers and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s continuing war on waste all makes this morning’s papers.
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City snapshot: AG Barr sales fizz over Christmas
Soft drinks group AG Barr has increased sales by more than 2.5% in its final quarter of the year despite the intensifying war on sugar and competitive UK market.
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Kitwave closes in on private equity deal to fund expansion
Kitwave is close to securing investment to allow it to continue its acquisitive buy-and-build strategy.
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Hotel Chocolat back in profit with sweet sales growth
Hotel Chocolat has bounced back into the black after ditching its US trial and keeping a tight hold of costs.
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Media Bites 27 Jan: Tesco, Sainsbury's, Argos
The GCA’s findings that Tesco “knowingly” withheld cash from suppliers to artificially prop up its results dominates the papers this morning.
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City snapshot: Sales fall at Britvic amid challenging grocery market
Sales have fallen 2.4% on an organic basis in the first quarter to £290.1m as a result of declines in the UK, French and international markets
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Media Bites 25 Jan: Sainsbury's, Amazon, Ocado, Tesco
As the Sainsbury’s board tours the City to gather support for its Home Retail/Argos deal, shareholders warn the supermarket not to overpay in the takeover bid.
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Fever-Tree raises guidance on soaring sales
Premium mixer brand Fever-Tree has increased full-year sales by 71% to almost £60m on the back of a strong second half
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Media Bites 22 Jan: SABMiller, Sainsbury's, Premier Foods, Asda
The race for Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime is heating up as Asahi and Chang brewer Thai Beverage reach the next round of bidding, along with a handful of big private equity players.