All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 12
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NewsOcado’s value tanks as investors tire of long wait for profitability
Ocado’s market value plunged by £600m this week as investors grew tired of waiting for jam tomorrow following another year of large losses at the grocery technology group
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NewsBrand Growth Heroes and Alantra name second cohort for ‘Mini MBA’ programme
Brand Growth Heroes has unveiled the 14 challenger brands enrolled on its second ‘Mini MBA’ accelerator programme, run in partnership with financial services firm Alantra
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NewsFiddes Payne home baking business acquired by Albex Group
The Fiddes Payne deal will enable the home baking group to grow its production, accelerate NPD and ‘ensure excellent customer standards are maintained’
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NewsPladis CEO Salman Amin leaves McVitie’s owner with immediate effect
The Turkish snacking giant announced the move in an internal memo on Monday, revealing Amin stepped down for personal reasons
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy has Unilever ditched well-liked CEO Hein Schumacher?
Analysts described Schumacher’s successor Fernando Fernandez – an appointment from inside Unilever – as ‘fiery and charismatic’
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NewsB&M boss Alex Russo to step down as chain issues another profits warning
B&M boss Alex Russo is to step down from his position at the discounter as it downgraded its profits guidance for the second time this year
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NewsCity snapshot: Just Eat set to be acquired and B&M boss Alex Russo to step down
Just Eat Takeaway has agreed to a €4.1bn offer from Dutch investment group Prosus. Plus, B&M CEO Alex Russo to step down as the discounter issues another profits warning
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NewsJust Eat agrees to €4.1bn offer from Prosus
Just Eat Takeaway is set to be acquired by Dutch investment group Prosus for €4.1bn with a view to building a European food delivery champion
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NewsCity snapshot: Food sales jump as shoppers stay home
Retail sales bounced back in January with a bigger-than-predicted rise thanks to strong growth in food stores as people ate more at home to save money, according to new official figures. Plus, consumer confidence also improved in February
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NewsBBQ brand Lumberjaxe lands £90k offer from Dragons’ Den
Seasoning and sauces brand Lumberjaxe is planning to shake up the BBQ category after scoring an investment deal during an appearance on Dragons’ Den
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NewsWalgreens Boots shares soar as new life is breathed into possible PE takeover
Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance received a shot in the arm this week as speculation circulated that a potential private equity takeover of the US pharmacy giant was alive and kicking. It means a carve out of the UK high street Boots chain is once again a possibility
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does Ella Mills’ Allplants purchase mean for ailing plant-based category?
Ella Mills injected a much-needed dose of optimism into the ailing plant-based category last week as she picked up Allplants from administrators
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NewsCity snapshot: UK employers weigh up wave of redundancies to cope with tax rises
Businesses across the UK are scaling back on hiring new staff and stepping up redundancy programmes in reaction to the fresh wave of employment taxes following the Labour budget, according to a new survey released this morning
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NewsCity snapshot: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners boosts sales with price rises
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is set to return €1bn to shareholders following ‘a great end to a solid year’. Plus, the CMA has delivered its findings in the infant formula case this morning
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NewsCoca-Cola Europacific Partners to return €1bn to shareholders after ‘solid’ year
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is launching a €1bn share buyback programme after reporting a rise in revenues and volumes in 2024
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NewsNestlé shares jump on signs of turnaround progress
Shares soared by more than 6.2% today as a result of the green shoots of optimism that the worst may be over
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NewsGunna Drinks collapse leaves wake of angry crowd investors behind
Craft soft drinks brand Gunna has collapsed into administration, with crowd investors staring at losses of almost £4m as a result
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NewsApplied Nutrition revenues ahead of expectation following IPO
Applied Nutrition has comfortably beaten sales guidance given at the time of its IPO as the sports nutrition group published a maiden trading update
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NewsNestlé makes ‘solid’ progress on turnaround journey
Nestlé has hailed a “solid” performance in 2024, with slightly better-than-expected sales growth in the final quarter as the Kit Kat and Nescafé owner hiked the price of coffee and chocolate amid surging commodity costs
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NewsGillian Anderson's G Spot hires new exec team for UK retail growth
Functional drinks brand G Spot has appointed a new executive team to spearhead its retail expansion in UK supermarkets and overseas