All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 205
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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.
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NewsMedia Bites 9 March: Brexit, Tesco, Lindt
Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s warning that a vote to leave the EU would be the “biggest domestic threat” to financial stability has created plenty of headlines. Plus Tesco’s continued recovery amd Lindt’s global ambitions.
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NewsHotel Chocolat to join AIM in £50m flotation
Premium chocolatier is seeking £50m as it reveals plans to float on the LSE junior market
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Analysis & FeaturesLindt signals ambition
Lindt is aiming to run the world’s biggest network of premium chocolate shops by 2020
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NewsCity snapshot: Fastest rise in food spending for a year
Expenditure on food rose by almost 5% last month, despite spending on eating out continuing to increase
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NewsMedia Bites 7 March: BHS, BCC, Brexit, Yeo Valley
Sir Philip Green in talks with owners of BHS about possible contribution to struggling chain’s pension deficit
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NewsKitwave growth plans fuelled by Pricoa deal
Kitwave has completed a multimillion-pound refinancing deal to continue its consolidation
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NewsBrexit would push up food prices warns top economist
Food prices are likely to increase and exports could take a hit too in the aftermath event of Britain leaving the EU