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M&S shares soar as food sales grow and clothing turns a corner
Shares in Marks & Spencer have shot up to a new seven-year high as the group revealed it performed ahead of the grocery market in the fourth quarter and reversed 14 straight quarters of declining fashion sales.
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Steep fall in Scotch exports
The SWA said the decline – following flat value sales in 2013 – had in some areas been a result of political volatility and changes in stock levels
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Treatt stock jumps on positive first half update
Shares in listed ingredients group Treatt jumped 3% today to 144.7p as it reported “solid” revenue growth in its first-half compared with a year ago, with profits also up.
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Drambuie sales suffer as revenues fall in US and Europe
If currency fluctuations were stripped out, it would have meant a 4% rise on the previous year, according to newly filed accounts
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Fever-Tree targets US growth as listed results show success
It achieved growth across all its regions, and launched in its 50th country during the year
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Hilton revenues fall as prices and currency movements bite
Revenues reduced by 2.3% from £1.12bn to £1.1bn, reflecting a 4.6% unfavourable movement in exchange translation
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Fletchers acquisition boosts Finsbury Food Group revenues
Cake and bakery supplier Finsbury Food Group has reported a 24.1% jump in first half revenues after being boosted by its acquisition of Fletcher’s Bakery Group.
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Fever-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.
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Sainsbury'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,…
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2 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…
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General 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.
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2 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
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FrieslandCampina 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.
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Morrisons' 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…
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Morrisons 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
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Waitrose 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.
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Waitrose 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
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Morrisons 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.
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Morrisons results: What the analysts say
Reactions to the Morrisons results are flooding in from analysts
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Ocado’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.