All Financial Results articles – Page 185
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Majestic Wine sales bolstered by e-commerce
New customers and an increasing focus on online sales helped Majestic Wine in the first half of the year, the company has reported.
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Co-op members 'disgusted' as half-year dividend is scrapped
Members of The Co-operative Group have taken to social media to berate it for scrapping its interim dividend…
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Booths profits drop as staff bonus hits costs
Booths’ annual profits fell by a third to £6.4m Booths has reported a drop in annual profits after reinstating an annual bonus to staff. The northern supermarket’s operating profit fell by a third to £6.4m in the year to 31 March, according to accounts filed on Companies ...
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Sainsbury’s profits jump 7% as own-brand powers sales
Sainsbury’s has trumped its rivals by posting strong first-half trading figures, with own brand growing twice as fast as branded goods.
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Carr’s milling business reaps rewards from poor weather
Poor weather in the US and UK helped boost profits at milling and agricultural business Carr’s by 21.5% year-on-year.
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Analysis and Features
Bernard Matthews: a right turkey after £20m loss?
Soaring costs and management errors took their toll. What now for the turkey specialist?
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Morrisons sales fall again as online debut approaches
Morrisons’ like-for-like sales for the third quarter fell 2.4% with CEO Dalton Philips insisting the retailer will return to positive like-for-like growth in Q4.
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Dairy Crest half-year results reveal cheese as the star
Dairy Crest has reported a strong first-half performance in its cheese business, with total sales increasing by 12% year o…
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Imperial Tobacco profits rise despite volume fall
Imperial Tobacco’s full-year profits rose despite falling volumes, the company revealed yesterday, as it forecast “modest” growth for the coming year.
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Bernard Matthews posts £20m loss as costs spiral
Bernard Matthews has posted a dramatic £20m loss in its latest full-year results, as bad grain harvests, poor weather and operational inefficiencies took their toll.
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Tesco meat packer Hilton returns to growth in UK
Hilton Food Group has reported a return to growth in its UK meat-packing operations as the impact of ‘Horsegate’ on the market has eased and economic conditions have improved.
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AB InBev’s MacFarlane to head up combined European division
Former AB InBev UK boss Stuart MacFarlane, who developed the brewer’s hit Stella Artois Cidre and Stella 4%, is to head up a new combined European division for the company.
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Premier Foods sales drop despite focus on power brands
Premier Foods’ outlook for the full year remains unchanged despite a 3.2% fall in total sales in its third quarter.
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Boparan suffers £33.5m loss as horsegate takes a toll
Protein giant Boparan Holdings has suffered a £33.5m full-year loss as a result of a “perfect storm” of inflation, the horsemeat scandal and its acquisition of Vion’s UK operations.
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Half-year sales boost for Nisa
Nisa has posted strong half-year trading figures thanks to its new contract with c-store chain McColl’s…
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Pernod Ricard sales drop as Chinese clampdown bites
Pernod Ricard saw a “slight decline” in its first-quarter results, driven by a marked slowdown in emerging markets compared to the same period last year and an anti-extravagance clampdown in China.
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Unilever sales grow despite slowdown in emerging markets
Unilever chalked up underlying sales growth of 3.2% in the third quarter, despite a slowdown in emerging markets and a squeeze on prices in Europe.
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Peroni lifts SABMiller in UK but Europe stays flat
Peroni Nastro Azzuro continued to tempt drinkers in the UK, SABMiller reported today, but the company’s overall performance in Europe over the last six months was mixed.
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Diageo propped by American sales as emerging markets cool
Diageo has reported organic net sales of 3% in the 3 months to 30 September, on volumes up 0.6% - but Western Europe continued to see a decline.
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Booker profits jump as Makro savings kick in
Booker’s acquisition of Makro is “on plan” to generate £26m of synergies by the end of the wholesaler’s financial year.