All Financial Results articles – Page 41
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City Snapshot: Just Eat Takeaway falls €3.5bn into the red but confident of path towards profitability
Just Eat Takeaway has sunk to a €3.5bn loss in the first half after writing down the value of its embattled Grubhub service in the US, but the food delivery firm said it was making “significant progress” towards profitability.
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Comment & Opinion
Is the cost of living crisis good news for Greggs and its value-led proposition?
Will shoppers trade down to Greggs or will its target audience actually be worse affected?
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Oatly shares sour as plant-based group slashes growth expectations
Oatly shares have slumped to a new low as losses widened further and the oat milk giant downgraded sales expectations
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City Snapshot: Greggs reports surging sales but profits fall flat amid rising costs
Greggs has reported a 27.1% jump in first half sales, but profits remained stagnant due to the reintroduction of business rates, VAT and mounting costs. Plus, trading updates from AG Barr, Domino’s Pizza Group and Devro.
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City Snapshot: Heineken fails to scare off drinkers as sales and profits soar despite higher prices
Sales and profits at Heineken have grown in the high double digits as consumers drank more beer despite prices rising. Plus, a Q1 update from Cranswick and the latest investment from Agronomics.
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City News: Diageo revenues soar as drinkers flock back to leisure and travel
Drinkers have toasted the return of the leisure and travel sector by sending Diageo’s revenues soaring
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Global giants raise growth targets as prices keep rising
Unilever, Danone, Reckitt Benckiser and Nestlé were among those to report higher-than-expected quarterly sales figures this week
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P&G warns of $3.3bn hit in year ahead from rising costs as price hikes help sales growth
Price rises pushed through by Procter & Gamble have helped increase sales at the US consumer products group, but it warned of another year of “significant” headwinds ahead.
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City Snapshot: Food and drink reformulation drives Kerry Group sales surge
Kerry Group has posted double-digit first half growth on higher sales volumes and prices as demand for ingredients to drive food and drink reformulation drove increased sales
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Yorkshire Tea growth pushes Bettys & Taylors sales past £250m but rising costs hit profits
Elevated demand for Yorkshire Tea and Taylors of Harrogate has pushed revenues at owner Bettys & Taylors Group above a quarter of a billion pounds for the first time, but rising costs dented profits.
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City snapshot: Nestlé upgrades sales on pricing and volume growth but margins slip back
Nestlé has upgraded its full year growth expectations as first half sales rose on pricing and volume growth. Plus results from Diageo, AB InBev and Virgin Wines, while Hotel Chocolat’s Japanese JV restructures and Ocado’s COO takes new role.
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Whole Foods Market loss widens on Covid and supply chain challenges
The Amazon-owned company, saw gross profit in the year ended 31 December 2021 fall to £35m from £38.2m
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Kraft Heinz pushes through price increases to manage inflation
The US group pushed up prices more than 12 percentage points in its second quarter, which helped sales beat Wall Street expectations.
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Vimto maker Nichols with ‘encouraging’ growth despite inflationary pressures
The boss of Nichols has hailed the drinks group’s first-half performance in the face of challenging inflationary headwinds, with Vimto making further market share gains and the out-of-home channel moving back above pre-Covid levels for the first time.
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Parsley Box shares sink as sales slide continues
The DTC ready meals for the over-65s operator reported a 30% fall in revenues to £9.6m in the six months to the end of June.
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City Snapshot: Danone and Reckitt Benckiser beat expectations thanks to price rises
Reckitt Benckiser and Danone have continued the trend of stronger-than-expected sales growth from big consumer groups fuelled by hefty price rises. Plus, trading updates from Haleon and Parsely Box, Q2 numbers from Mondelez, first-half results from British American Tobacco and Nichols, Q1 figures from Rémy Cointreau, and the latest shop price index from BRC and Nielsen.
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Lindt raises full-year outlook as sales soar in first half
Chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has lifted its forecasts for the year after smashing expectations in the first half as the positive growth trend in the global chocolate market continued.
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McDonald’s sales boom but profits hit by Russia withdrawal
The fast food giant announced today its second quarter sales jumped by 9.7%, though earnings were hit by the divestment of its Russian business
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Coca-Cola sales fizz higher as prices rise
Coca-Cola has outperformed expectations and raised its full-year forecast as demand for its portfolio of drinks held up in the face of rising prices.
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City Snapshot: Unilever price hikes drive strong first half growth
Unilever has posted first half growth of more than 8% due to soaring prices, but margins were hit by mounting input cost inflation. Plus monthly grocery figures from Nielsen and trading updates from Greencore and Compass Group.