All articles by Dominic Bernard
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NewsKP Snacks attributes growth and higher profits to solid brand performance
Revenues at KP Snacks, which owns McCoy’s, Hula Hoops and Tyrrells, rose 4.4% to £654m in the year to 28 December 2024
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NewsGeary’s Bakeries flat-out as Jason’s revenue rockets
Geary’s Bakeries has been running flat-out to keep up with demand, as its Jason’s Sourdough brand rockets to 122% annual growth
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NewsGail’s owner makes bid for Costa Coffee
Private equity powerhouse Bain has made a bid for Costa Coffee from Coca-Cola, the Financial Times has reported
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NewsPip & Nut outmuscles competition to gain top spot in nut butter
Pip & Nut overtook Whole Earth in Q2 2025 to take category supremacy with 15.8% share, according to Nielsen EPoS data
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NewsProfits jump at Whitworths as demand for wholefoods ingredients grows
Whitworths has forecast a continued “moderate growth” in sales in 2025, in line with its 2024 performance
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NewsWaste-saving ‘bumpy’ expiry labels company beats crowdfunding target
Food waste-saving startup Mimica has raised around £300k as it ramps up production of its ‘bumpy’ labels
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NewsHofmeister breezes through £1.4m crowdfunding goal
Hofmeister has breezed through a £1.4m fundraising goal with 20 days to spare, as investors flocked to back the resurrected beer brand
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NewsKeurig Dr Pepper shares hit five-year low following JDE Peet’s deal
Keurig Dr Pepper’s shares hit their lowest point in more than five years in the wake of its “poorly received” deal to acquire Dutch coffee giant JDE Peet’s
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NewsMindful Chef bounces back into growth as investment pays off
Gross margin jumped from 32.9% to a whopping 45.8%, and pre-tax profit leapt to £10.9m from a loss of £1.7m
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NewsPots for Tots bags £500k in third funding round, goes international
The funding would be used to ‘fuel the next phase of ambitious growth’, said Pots for Tots founder and CEO Cherrelle Beckitt
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NewsJohn West returns to profit as costs stabilise
John West Foods has returned to profitability as the canned fish importer benefitted from falling input costs, according to accounts filed to Companies House
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NewsChapel Down sets sights on convenience stores in expansion drive
Chapel Down CEO James Pennefather said he saw ‘plenty of plenty headroom’ to accelerate the brand’s growth further.
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NewsHere We Flo picks up £3m funding round and Chelsea FC partnership
The £3m will be dedicated to marketing and working capital as the low-carbon, vegan and organic tampon and pad company Here We Flo seeks rapid expansion
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NewsGrenade slumps to a loss as revenue corrects off Oreo craze
Protein bar maker Grenade has collapsed into a loss, according to its company accounts, as revenue corrected sharply downwards from a 2023 growth spurt
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NewsMolson Coors names strategy whizz as new CEO
The new Molson Coors CEO will step up to replace Gavin Hattersley, taking up the post on 1 October
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NewsGerman pretzel chain Ditsch eyes hole in UK market with WorldBake deal
WorldBake’s team will transfer to a new company set up by Ditsch to take on WorldBake’s assets, client list and staff by the end of October
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NewsBRC warns government risks ‘losing the battle against inflation’
Food inflation hit 5.1% in August, inching higher than the 4.7% increase in wage growth averaged over May-July
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NewsRapidly growing Regal Foods snaps up Suncrest drinks brand
Regal said the purchase of Suncrest was a ‘milestone’ in its growth journey
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NewsPremier Foods backs Ambrosia porridge pot with £19m investment
Having already invested £9m since 2023 in new custard filling and high-speed packing lines, Premier will now put £10m into building a custard plant at Ambrosia’s Lifton site in Devon
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NewsPZ Cussons impresses investors with return to profitability
Shares jumped 12.2% on Wednesday as PZ Cussons reported an operating profit of £20.6m, up from a loss of £83.7m the year before