All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 199
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NewsGreencore focus on food-to-go helps sales rise
Greencore has increased sales 5.2% to £1.34bn in the year to 25 September as its strategy to focus on food-to-go pays off.
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NewsB&M hands audit contract to KPMG
B&M has ended its 18-year relationship with Grant Thornton as chooses a new auditor.
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NewsSupermarket price war squeezes SME supplier profit margins
The gap between profit margins of Britain’s smallest food producers is widening versus their bigger competitors thanks to the supermarket price war.
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NewsCity snapshot: Small food suppliers are the main casualties of price war
Small food manufactures are being hit the hardest by the raging supermarket price war, with margins being squeezed by more than a third, according to a new research.
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NewsMedia Bites 23 November: Black Friday, Autumn Statement, Morrisons
The papers reflect the fact that this week brings the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and Black Friday.
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NewsSurplus redistributor Company Shop gets £7.6m expansion cash
Surplus food redistributor Company Shop has secured a £7.6m funding package
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NewsAsda Price Guarantee placed under review
CEO Andy Clarke confirmed a decision on the scheme would come early next year
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NewsCity News: Poundland's dramatic tumble
Shares in fixed-price discounter Poundland took a dramatic tumble to all-time lows
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NewsCity snapshot: Seabrook profits soar as business enters 'growth phase'
Bye said it was the first year of the “growth phrase” at Seabrook after completing a three-year turnaround
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NewsResurgent Seabrook Crisps sees profits soar 60%
Profits have climbed more than 60% at Seabrook Crisps in the year leading up the £35m buyout by LDC
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NewsPoundland stock hits all-time low
Poundland shares plunged 20% in early morning trading to a record low
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NewsMedia Bites 19 November: Online sales, McVitie's, Network Rail
After a day with little activity to speak of in the grocery and fmcg sector, the papers are light on retail stories this morning.
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NewsCity snapshot: Poundland to speed up 99p conversion with losses expected
Poundland has accelerated the conversion process of the acquired 99p Stores in an attempt to stop sales and profits haemorrhaging at the format it bought for £55m earlier this year.
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NewsCurious Drinks eyes more crowdfunding cash after smashing target
Chapel Down has increased its fundraising target for its fast-growing beer and cider business Curious Drinks to £3.7m after smashing its £1m crowdfunding bid in less than a month.
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NewsSweet maker secures tasty funding package
Asian sweets producer Mushtaq Sweet Centre has set up a manufacturing hub in Birmingham after receiving a six-figure funding package.
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NewsMedia Bites 18 November: Asda, Kantar Worldpanel, B&M
The travails of the UK grocery market – and in particular Asda – receive plenty of scrutiny this morning as the latest Kantar Worldpanel data is picked over.
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NewsCity snapshot: DekelOil eyes profits uplift as production gets underway at Ivory Coast plant
DekelOil has started production at its kernel crushing plant in Ivory Coast to add a further “significant” revenue stream at the palm oil project.
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NewsAsda sales fall in Q3 as conditions remain “tough” for Andy Clarke
Like-for-like sales at Asda have fallen by -4.5% in the third quarter as the supermarket price war, food price deflation and the continued growth of the discounters all took their toll.
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NewsIglo sales hit on difficult trading in three biggest markets
Sales at Birds Eye owner Iglo have fallen 8.4% to €315.5m in the third quarter as it exited markets in Romania, Slovakia and Turkey and was hit by currency exchange rates.
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NewsMedia Bites 17 November: Majestic Wine, Tesco, Black Friday
Majestic Wine takes up plenty of column inches as the papers digest what the 50% slump in profits and the new turnaround plan means for Britian’s biggest wine marchant.