All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 222
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News2 Sisters warns of more pain as Avian flu and price war hits trading
2 Sisters is feeling the effects of the supermarket price war with boss Ranjit Singh warning of difficult trading conditions
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NewsPanesar Food agrees £7.4m bank finance package
A specialist sauce and condiment maker in the Midlands is set to expand its production capacity after securing a seven-figure bank funding package.
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NewsCity Snapshot: PureCircle sales climb as stevia goes mainstream
Sales at stevia producer PureCircle have climbed by 24% to $43.2m in the company’s first half
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NewsMedia Bites 16 March: GCA, high streets, Diageo
Whitehall emails show teething troubles for the Groceries Code Adjudicator; a report on the UK high street finds more shops close than open in 2014; and Diageo backs down on lengthening supplier payment days.
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NewsNakd and Trek valued at £50m as Natural Balance seeks investment
Natural Balance has experienced strong growth in recent years as it tapped shifting consumer attitudes to healthy eating
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NewsWaitrose commits to Tesco price match promise in the face of plummeting profits
Waitrose has reaffirmed its commitment to continue matching Tesco on branded goods in 2015 despite its profits plunging by almost a quarter in the previous year.
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NewsQuorn to invest £40m in bid to become a £1bn food giant
Quorn Foods is embarking on a £40m investment drive to continue to fuel its rapid growth over the next 12 months on the road to becoming a £1bn business.
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NewsCity Snapshot: Aldi tops ranking of Britain's fastest growing retailers
The middle is caught in the squeeze of the discounters and the luxury end of the market as Aldi and Waitrose top a table of Britain’s fastest growing retailers.
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NewsMedia Bites 11 March: Kantar Worlpanel, Ocado, cigarette plain packaging
The latest market share data for the supermarkets gets plenty of attention today, along with Ocado’s partnership with Morrisons and impending plain packaging regulation for cigarettes.
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NewsOcado’s shrinking basket size is down to deflation, says Steiner
Ocado CEO Tim Steiner has put the continuing fall in basket size at the online grocer down to food deflation and changes to the way customers order at its pet product and kitchen and dining companies.
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NewsCity Snapshot: SABMiller confident of winning solid growth in Africa
SABMiller MD Mark Bowman outlines the brewer’s African growth aspirations
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NewsMedia Bites 9 March: Morrisons, Tesco, M&S
Morrisons former CEO Dalton Philips to receive £3m payout, Tesco manager in charge of in store dining leaves, and M&S replace dividend with discounted gift card.
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NewsCauli Rice smashes funding target as it readies for launch
Rice replacment product Cauli Rice has attracted £420k through its second round of crowdfunding as it gets set to launch in Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Holland & Barrett.
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NewsYeo Valley profits squeezed as organic brand pushes up sales
Profits have slipped at dairy group Yeo Valley despite a £14m rise in sales to £275m as its margins were squeezed by the steady increase in the cost of its ingredients
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NewsFormer First Milk plant at Maelor gets poultry green light
A £10m investment in a poultry processing plant in North Wales has been given the green light
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NewsCity Snapshot: Profits and sales leap at Vimto maker Nichols
Nichols has grown its Vimto brand in the UK in 2014 on the back of a new advertising campaign fronted by a purple toad leading to jumps in sales and profits. Carrefour also posts full year results.
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NewsMedia Bites 5 March: Greggs, McDonalds, Coca-Cola
Greggs continued turnaround, a new marketing push in the UK for Coca-Cola and an updated chicken policy for McDonald’s all feature in today’s newspapers.
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NewsGreggs shares soar on record profits and seven-year like-for-like sales high
Shares in Greggs (GRG) have soared once again today as the high street bakery chain posted record profits and the strongest like-for-like sales seen since 2007.
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NewsCity snapshot: Greggs celebrates 'exceptional' progress with record profits
High street bakery chain Greggs has puffed up like-for-like sales to the strongest levels since 2007 on the back of favourable market conditions
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NewsMedia Bites 4 March: Morrisons, organic farming, Target
In a quiet morning for retail, a former Morrisons executive jailed for insider trading dominates the papers