All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 213
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NewsSavoury & Sweet secures multimillion-pound package for popcorn investment
Own-label healthy snack maker Savoury & Sweet is planning to invest heavily in equipment and R&D to take advantage of rising consumer demand for popcorn.
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NewsLike-for-like sales slump as McColl's turns toward convenience
Sales at McColl’s Retail Group in its final quarter rose 2.7%, driven by the acquisitions of new stores
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Analysis & FeaturesSlower-growing Fast 50 is hungry for new challengers
The rate of sales increases across the UK’s fastest growing fmcg suppliers has slowed dramatically
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NewsMedia Bites 27 November 2015: Black Friday, Tesco, Co-op, SSP
All the focus this morning is on Black Friday, with updates, deal finders, live blogs and updates from the US, where the phenomenon started.
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NewsCity snapshot: Growth harder to come by for Fast 50
The UK’s privately owned fmcg suppliers have found it difficult to maintain the monster rates of sales growth of previous years, the new Grocer Fast 50 reveals today. But the same business still leads the way.
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NewsFinsbury Food shares rise as new year starts strongly
Soaring sales in the first four months of the new financial year has pushed Finsbury Food shares close to record highs.
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NewsMedia Bites 25 November: Tesco, Greencore, Coca-Cola, John Menzies
All eyes are on Chancellor George Osborne today ahead of the Autumn Statement and Spending Review, but this morning’s papers find room for potential strike action at Tesco and booming sales and profits at Greencore.
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NewsCity snapshot: Britvic improves profits despite challenging markets
Robinsons squash owner Britvic has improved its full-year pre-tax profits by more than 10% to £147m despite sales falling as it kept close control of its costs
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NewsBakkavor Q3 UK sales rise as it drives volumes
Bakkavor has increased UK like-for-like sales in the face of challenging retail conditions as it passed on lower prices to its grocery customers.
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NewsMedia Bites 24 November: Ocado, Nestlé, WHO
A broker upgrade for Ocado, Nestlé finds evidence of slave labour in the supply chain and sausage and bacon sales hit by cancer scare.
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NewsGreencore focus on food-to-go helps sales rise
Greencore has increased sales 5.2% to £1.34bn in the year to 25 September as its strategy to focus on food-to-go pays off.
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NewsB&M hands audit contract to KPMG
B&M has ended its 18-year relationship with Grant Thornton as chooses a new auditor.
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NewsSupermarket price war squeezes SME supplier profit margins
The gap between profit margins of Britain’s smallest food producers is widening versus their bigger competitors thanks to the supermarket price war.
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NewsCity snapshot: Small food suppliers are the main casualties of price war
Small food manufactures are being hit the hardest by the raging supermarket price war, with margins being squeezed by more than a third, according to a new research.
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NewsMedia Bites 23 November: Black Friday, Autumn Statement, Morrisons
The papers reflect the fact that this week brings the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and Black Friday.
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NewsSurplus redistributor Company Shop gets £7.6m expansion cash
Surplus food redistributor Company Shop has secured a £7.6m funding package
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NewsAsda Price Guarantee placed under review
CEO Andy Clarke confirmed a decision on the scheme would come early next year