All Finance articles – Page 273
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Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks buys Revolution Waves water
Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks has acquired flavoured water brand Revolution Waves for an undisclosed sum.
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Supermarket prices fall back in September
Supermarket prices edged back into deflation last month for the first time since April, according to the latest Grocer Price Index.
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Winnow targets $1bn food waste reduction following £9m fundraise
The technology startup last week raised more than £9m in a funding round
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P&G raises outlook after first quarter sales boost
Procter & Gamble first quarter sales were boosted by higher demand for its healthcare and beauty products
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Just Eat rejects new £4.9bn rival takeover bid
Just Eat has announced it has rejected a £4.9bn offer from South African investment firm Prosus, pledging instead to continue with its all-share merger with Dutch contemporary Takeaway.com.
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Tech consultancy Happen acquired by Accenture
Happen has worked with a long line of brands and retailers to help identify market opportunities create of new products
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City snapshot: Reckitt cuts full year forecast after ‘disappointing’ third quarter
Reckitt Benckiser has cut its full year growth expectations after issues in China and the US led to a “disappointing” third quarter. Plus, Devro shuts Scottish factory, new CFO for Ahold Delhaize, trading update from McBride and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 22 Oct: Just Eat, Asda, Coty
Slowing order growth in Just Eat’s core business spooked investors yesterday
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SMEs and startups feel unsupported by fmcg industry, research finds
Four in five fmcg startups feel unsupported and abandoned by the wider industry, research by Young Foodies has shown
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Coconuts Organic returns to crowdfunding to fund exports and NPD
The non-dairy ice cream maker is now targeting £160k in exchange of a 6.3% stake in the business
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Just Eat shares fall despite 25% third quarter sales increase
Investors have been unimpressed despite double-digit increases in orders through Just Eat
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City snapshot: Consumer confidence dented by Brexit uncertainty
Brexit uncertainty and a slowdown in the jobs market hit consumer and business confidence in the third quarter, with a further drop in confidence and slowdown in consumer spending tipped for next year.
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Media Bites 21 October: Gail’s Bakery, Iceland, Brexit
Entrepreneur Luke Johnson is reviving plans for a sale of his Gail’s Bakery after sounding out bankers about an auction of part or all of Bread Holdings.
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Unilever enjoys shares boost despite weaker sales
Unilever revealed slowing sales growth on Thursday, but its shares were boosted by investor relief that a slump in ice cream sales hadn’t hit the consumer giant’s top line harder.
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Walkers sales and margins hit amid intense competition
The sales and profits of UK’s biggest crisps brands Walkers were hit last year by consumers shifting away from its core range and a poor potato harvest increasing costs.
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Burleighs Gin raises £500k to smash crowdfunding target
Burleighs Gin has smashed its crowdfunding target, raising just shy of £500k as it looks to upscale operations and break into the US market
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Mars Wrigley Confectionery sales pass £1bn as it benefits from category growth
The confectionery giant posted revenue growth of 31.9% on its 2017 accounts to pass £1bn for the first time…
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Serious change is on the horizon for Hain Daniels
As Hain Celestial retrenches, UK business is hard to unpick
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City snapshot: Danone lowers growth forecast despite third quarter sales uplift
French food giant Danone has lowered its 2019 like-for-like sales guidance despite reporting revenues growth in its third quarter. Plus, Remy Cointreau announces lower first half sales and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 18 Oct: Tariffs, Brexit, Asda
UK producers of Scotch Whisky and biscuits are bracing for a significant financial hit as new 25% US tariffs came into effect from today