All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 202
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NewsLily O’Brien’s finding life sweet in the UK
Irish chocolatier Lily O’Brien’s has taken a bigger bite out of the UK retail market with sales in the country jumping 30% in 2015.
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NewsMPM Products eyes bigger share of global petfood market after £50m deal
Luxury petfood manufacturer MPM Products is set to accelerate international growth after selling a majority stake to ECI Partners for £50m.
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NewsPact Coffee pulls plug on £1m crowdfunding pitch
Pact Coffee has pulled the plug on its ambitious crowdfunding campaign to raise £1m as a result of weak investor interest
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NewsMedia Bites 21 March: Sainsbury's, sugar tax, My Local, BHS, BAT
This weekend’s papers are dominated by Sainsbury’s coming out on top in the bid to buy Argos and the fallout from George Osborne’s controversial sugar tax, with soft drinks giants, led by Coke, preparing to sue the government. Plus My Local among bidders for 100 former Somerfield stores.
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NewsMPM Products seals £50m private equity deal
Premium petfood maker MPM Products has been snapped up by private equity firm ECI for about £50m
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NewsCity News: Soft drinks producers up in arms
Osborne’s levy on high-sugar soft drinks caused an immediate sell-off of UK-listed beverage firms
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NewsFinsbury says living wage will hit lower-skilled workers
Increased capex spend at the listed bakery will go towards more value-added jobs
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NewsAuthentic Food Company sales up following Heinz Dundalk deal
Sales at Authentic Food Company jumped 20% to close in on £50m following acquisition of frozen factory from Heinz…
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NewsDelhaize and Ahold merger gains final European clearance
Delhaize and Ahold have been given the green light by competition watch dogs in Belgium for the proposed merger of the two European food retailers.
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NewsFinsbury Food sales and profits soar as acquisitions bed in
Sales and profits are booming at Finsbury Food thanks to acquisitions as well as underlying organic growth as the listed bakery diversifies into food service.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 March: Sainsbury's, Argos, Ocado
The papers are firmly focus on today’s Budget but Sainsbury’s results and the expected improved offer for Argos still gets plenty of coverage
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NewsSales increase as 2 Sisters strategy starts to pay off
Like-for-like sales at 2 Sisters Food Group have increased 0.4% to £800.1m in the second quarter
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NewsBlends expands with £4.6m funding
Specialist food ingredients business Blends has doubled the size of its manufacturing facility after securing a £4.6m bank funding package.
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NewsSainsbury's first sales rise in two years: what the analysts say
What did City analysts make of Sainsbury’s managing its first quarterly rise in sales for two years, with like-for-like retail sales nudging up just 0.1% in the fourth quarter?
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NewsMedia Bites 15 March: CBI, Fever-Tree, BHS, The Fresh Market, Co-op Bank
The CBI has ventured where the Food and Drink Federation daren’t by coming out strongly in favour of remaining in Europe after a poll of members found overwhelming support to stay.
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NewsSainsbury's improves sales in Q4
Sainsbury’s reports first positive quarterly like-for-like sales growth for more than two years
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NewsSimply Cook kicks off £600k crowdfunding push
Recipe kit start-up Simply Cook is targeting £600,000 in a crowdfunding campaign to expand its marketing efforts and launch a distribution partnership with Ocado.
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NewsAhold and Delhaize shareholders give merger green light
Shareholders at European food retailers Ahold and Delhaize have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposed €9.8bn merger of the two groups.
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InterviewsGood Hemp: The Big Interview
Henry Braham and Glynis Murray have built a flourishing business selling milk and oil from hemp
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NewsHotel Chocolat float to value business at £150m
Hotel Chocolat is plotting the first major food and drink IPO on the London Stock Exchange for 15 months, expected to value the luxury chocolatier at about £150m and giving its two founders a shared £40m pay day.