All Finance articles – Page 171
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Irn-Bru maker AG Barr’s shares fizz higher on profits upgrade
The group continued to benefit from the return of trading with the hospitality industry and consumers drinking out of the home again.
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One Stop reports 10.7% pre-tax profit slide but revenue spikes
As of February, store numbers were back in growth across its company-owned estate at 701 sites
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Media Bites 29 Nov: Asda/EG Group, Black Friday, Gail’s Bakery
The billionaire Issa brothers are weighing up a merger of Asda and their petrol station business EG Group, which would value the combined business at £26bn
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City Snapshot: McColl’s expands Morrisons Daily conversion programme
Embattled McColl’s Retail Group has agreed an extension with wholesale partner Morrisons to convert a further 100 of its stores to the Morrisons Daily fascia. Plus, AG Barr upgrades full-year profit expectations as recovery continues.
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City News: Market cautious on Cranswick despite first-half sales growth
Meat giant Cranswick brushed off falling sales of its core pork products this week to post first-half sales growth thanks to category expansion, but investors remain wary of butcher shortages, capacity constraints and falling sales to China.
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What will CVC do with Ekaterra, Unilever’s tea business?
Unilever has offloaded the brands to CVC Capital Partners in a €4.5bn sale
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Inflation and supply chain chaos slowing M&A activity
The uncertainty around ongoing pricing negotiations with retailers, availability of labour and difficulties sourcing packaging have led to buyers becoming more cautious
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Tonic wine Buckfast hits the buffers as Covid dampens demand
Newly filed accounts for Buckfast distributor J Chandler & Co show sales reversed by 10.8% in the year to 31 March 2021
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Kitwave profits better than expected as Covid recovery gains momentum
Kitwave has upgraded profit expectations as trading recovered to pre-pandemic levels and the wholesaler escaped the worst of the HGV driver crisis
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City Snapshot: Stocks crash on fears over new South Africa Covid variant
Food-to-go grocery stocks are amongst those shares that have plunged this morning on fears that a new Covid variant could lead to new restrictions on leisure and travel to mitigate its spread
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Media Bites 26 November: Huel, alcohol/crisps shortages, Greencore, Rémy Cointreau
The plant-based meal replacement maker Huel has hired bankers to advise on an initial public offering in London after a surge in popularity for its products in the pandemic fitness boom.
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Patrick Coveney leaves Greencore to join SSP Group as CEO
Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney is to leave the food-to-go specialist to take the reins at SSP Group
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Sports nutrition brand KBF Enterprises plans £1.5m expansion
The investment in its production capabilities would allow it to produce 150,000 snack bars per day, or 54 million per year, said KBF
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City snapshot: Rémy Cointreau upgrades guidance as sales surge past pre-pandemic levels
French spirits player Rémy Cointreau has upgraded its full year guidance after first half revenues jumped 52% driven by the global recovery from Covid. Plus results from Paypoint, Mitchells & Butlers and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 25 November: Alcohol shortage, Lidl, Britvic
Britain is facing a Christmas alcohol shortage unless the government does more to address the lack of HGV drivers, a group of 48 wine and spirits companies have told the transport secretary.
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Online wine merchant seeks £150k to back mission to ‘eradicate wine snobbery’
UK online wine merchant Smashed Grapes has launched a £150k fundraising drive
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General Mills sells European dough business and Jus-Rol brand to Cérélia
General Mills has continued to streamline its portfolio of food assets with an agreement to sell its European dough businesses, which includes the Jus-Rol brand.
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Media Bites 24 Nov: Asda/Stuart Rose, Pret A Manger, Pets at Home
Asda has appointed Stuart Rose, the Conservative peer and former boss of Marks & Spencer, as its first dedicated chairman in more than 20 years
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City Snapshot: Lidl targets 1,100 stores by 2025 as sales and profits rise
Lidl has committed to opening another 235 stores across the UK, creating up to 4,000 jobs. Plus, Britvic reveals 12% dividend following ‘strong’ recovery from the pandemic.
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Sun Valley Nut Co sold to German confectionery group Zertus
German food group Zertus has acquired The Sun Valley Nut Company as part of its push into healthier snacking in the UK