All Financial Results articles – Page 186
-
NewsFever-Tree's sales and earnings grow by almost 50%
Sales and earnings at premium drinks mixer supplier Fever-Tree were both up by almost 50% in its first year as a listed company.
-
Comment & OpinionProfitability and predictability: Ousting retail’s ‘like-for-like’ facade
Every year the key players in retail release their annual ‘like-for-like’ data, but is this really painting an accurate picture of their successes?
-
NewsSainsbury's Mike Coupe says price war narrowing discounter gap
Huge price investments by the major multiples have begun to close the price gap on Aldi and Lidl,…
-
News2 Sisters CFO Steve Leadbeater vows chicken group will recover
2 Sisters is a profitable business, despite its £143m loss last year, and remains well on the road to recovery…
-
Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's fourth-quarter sales outperform low expectations
Sainsbury’s shares received a boost this week after the supermarket outperformed the City’s rather low fourth-quarter sale…
-
NewsGeneral Mills' sales and profits fall as it looks to cut jobs
Sales and earnings at General Mills, which owns brands such as Old El Paso, Lucky Charms cereal and Green Giant, have fallen in its third quarter as a result of the strong dollar and restructuring costs.
-
Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer Says: Sainsbury's beats forecasts but a return to growth remains a distant prospect
Sainsbury’s share were up by 5.5% from their Friday close price early this morning after its fourth quarter like-for-like sales defied doom-mongering forecasts.
-
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
-
NewsFrieslandCampina predicts 2015 dairy growth despite end of EU milk quota
Global dairy firm FrieslandCampina has warned that the disappearance of the EU milk quota could lead to more volatility in the dairy market, but remains upbeat about 2015 prospects.
-
NewsMorrisons' loss illustrates scale of job for new CEO Potts
The scale of the task facing new Morrisons CEO David Potts was laid bare this wee…
-
NewsMorrisons store estate value in £1.3bn writedown
The cut in the value of its store estate is down to the reduced price that Morrisons could raise if it sold its property assets
-
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.
-
NewsWaitrose operating profits tumble 23.4%
A significantly higher level of investment and one-off items have bitten a large chunk out of Waitrose’s operating profits
-
NewsMorrisons to close 23 M Local stores as it posts £792m loss
Morrisons has posted a £792m loss for the year to 1 February on the back of a £1,273m property impairment.
-
NewsMorrisons results: What the analysts say
Reactions to the Morrisons results are flooding in from analysts
-
Analysis & FeaturesCadbury and Nestlé cut egg prices as Easter fight looms
The average price across the category is static, however, with own-label lines down 6% year on year
-
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.
-
NewsLife is sweet for Lindt with double digit growth
Substantial market share gains were made in all the core markets and in the emerging growth markets
-
NewsAldi hits record market share as Tesco posts best growth in 18 months
Aldi share at 5%, Lidl also posts 13.6% sales growth as discounters continue rise
-
NewsFindus hit by strong pound but buoyed by Southern Europe
Findus Group saw a fall in revenues in its first quarter, as a result of negative currency impacts from the strong pound