Archive of all Greencore articles
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News
Greencore raises bid for rival Bakkavor, say reports
Bakkavor has already rebuffed two offers from Greencore, including a £1.1bn approach earlier this month
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Analysis & Features
What a mega-merger would do for Bakkavor, Greencore and own label
Will Bakkavor founders sell to Greencore, what are the benefits of the proposed mega-merger - and would the CMA clear it?
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News
Bakkavor rejects Greencore merger approach to create a £4bn food giant
Shares in Bakkavor have rocketed by 16.6% as the markets digested the news
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Tesco, Morrisons, Hilton, Greencore among big hitters to sign up to gender pledge
Industry leaders gathered at the House of Lords yesterday to launch The Food Business Charter
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Greencore delivers positive Q1 but warns of ‘unprecedented’ labour cost challenges
Sandwich maker Greencore has reaffirmed its full-year guidance following a ‘strong’ first quarter with volumes growing ahead of the market
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Sainsbury’s and Greencore partner to produce ‘one million meals’ for FareShare
The pair hope to ‘maximise their combined resources’ to produce meals directly for FareShare
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Greencore shares rise again as profits jump
Greencore’s profits saw healthy growth last year as the sandwich maker posted “stronger than expected” full year results.
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Comment & Opinion
IGD’s new group will unite supply chain on food redistribution
Food industry leaders are launching a new and dedicated group to work across the food supply chain to identify sources of surplus food and get it to charities and communities in need
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Supermarket bosses announce food redistribution body that will ‘transform’ fight against hunger
Retailers, producers and other companies across the food supply chain have formed a new national organisation to redistribute thousands more tonnes of edible surplus to people suffering from food poverty
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Greencore investors show continued appetite for shares
Shares in Greencore shot up 10% this week as another profits upgrade led to analysts in the City raising their target prices for the stock
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City snapshot: Greencore upgrades profit forecasts after ‘outstanding performance’ in Q4
Profits at Greencore will be ahead of expectations thanks to “an outstanding performance” in the final quarter of its financial year. Plus, trading updates from Imperial Brands and Cooks Coffee, the latest data from Kantar, BRC and Barclays, and Gusbourne secures additional funding
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City snapshot: Activist investor Oasis Management ups stake in Greencore
Activist investor Oasis Management has become Greencore’s largest shareholder, a report in the Financial Times notes, adding pressure on the group to accelerate turnaround plans
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Comment & Opinion
Mass sandwich recall right response but e.coli outbreak still worrying
M&S, Waitrose, Lidl and Poundland are the only leading multiple grocery retailers not to be implicated so far in the sandwich recalls
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News
Greencore among sandwich manufacturers recalling product linked to e.coli outbreak
Greencore is among the manufacturers making recalls of various sandwiches, wraps and salads as a precautionary measure
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Food businesses urged to fight back against UPF ‘demonisation’
A group of trade bodies told The Grocer the controversy over ultra-processed foods had been allowed to become such a “one-sided debate”
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City news: M&S delights investors as turnaround finally takes hold
Investors lapped up declarations from Stuart Machin of Marks & Spencer entering a new era as a hard-fought and long-awaited turnaround started to bear fruit
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Analysis & Features
From thoughts of suicide to pride: empowering modern slavery survivors
Set up in 2017, the Bright Future initiative aims to provide modern slavery survivors with a pathway back to employment. Now, seven years on, it’s calling on the food and drink industry to help it ramp up its impact
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Supermarkets announce ‘breakthrough’ reporting system for carbon emissions
The BRC and Mondra coalition has signed up Tesco, M&S, Ocado Retail and Asda, as well as a list of major suppliers
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City News: Greencore shares decline despite stabilising performance
Shares in Greencore tumbled this week despite the sandwich maker reporting significant progress in its ongoing recovery.
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Greencore boss Dalton Philips signals further price increases amid soaring wages
The boss of sandwich maker Greencore has warned of potential further price hikes