All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 3
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NewsTract raises €20m to strengthen supply chain resilience
Data management firm Tract has raised close to €20m in a Series A round to expand its supply chain intelligence platform
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NewsMarleybones raises seven-figure funding from Estée Lauder heiress Jane Lauder
Marleybones has raised £2.5m to raise awareness for the fresh dogfood brand
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NewsKimberly-Clark acquires Listerine owner Kenvue to create $32bn giant
Personal care multinational Kimberly-Clark has swooped to acquire consumer health company Kenvue in a deal worth almost $50bn, bringing together brands such as Huggies, Kleenex and Andrex with Johnson’s, Listerine and Neutrogena
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NewsOatly hits milestone of underlying profitable growth
Oatly has hit a milestone of registering a quarter of underlying profitable growth as a turnaround at the plant-based drink group takes shape
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NewsPrinces Group prices IPO at bottom of the range in £1.16bn London float
Princes Group is set to float on the London Stock Exchange this morning, pricing its shares at the bottom end of the projected range
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NewsDeal volumes soften in Q3 but confidence remains
Landmark deals such as the combination of Greencore and Bakkavor and the merger of Kingsmill and Hovis buoyed ongoing optimism in food & drink M&A activity, despite momentum slowing in the third quarter
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NewsSpayne Lindsay adds former PwC partner to team of deal advisors
Corporate finance firm Spayne Lindsay & Co has expanded its team of dealmakers with the appointment of Neil Sutton as senior advisor
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NewsSauce Shop invests in factory for growth push
Condiment brand Sauce Shop has agreed a six-figure bank funding package to accelerate investment into its Nottingham factory
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NewsCMA raises Greencore Bakkavor competition concerns
Greencore and Bakkavor must address concerns from the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) in the own-label chilled sauces category to avoid an in-depth investigation of the £1.2bn merger of the two food groups
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NewsRoberts Bakery owes creditors almost £40m after collapse
A new report lifting the lid on the administration of the historic bakery also revealed how much the Boparan Private Office and Warburtons paid for the business and its assets
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NewsMondra closes £10m Series A for European expansion of supply chain resilience platform
The tech firm, which was developed in coalition with the British Retail Consortium, works will the likes of Lidl, Aldi, Tesco and Co-op
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NewsImp & Maker secures fresh investment after leaving Dragons’ Den
Luxury food and drink hamper startup Imp & Maker has raised £500k after failing to secure investment during an appearance on Dragons’ Den
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NewsPrinces Group sets IPO valuation at £1.2bn
The Liverpool-headquartered food company revealed this morning it had set the price range for the upcoming IPO at 475p to 590p per share
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NewsGousto takes aim at supermarkets as recipe kit provider returns to double-digit growth
Gousto has returned to ‘market-beating’ growth in the first half of 2025 as the recipe kit business continued to build on positive trading momentum experienced in the back end of last year
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NewsDawn Meats takeover of New Zealand’s Alliance gets green light from farmers
The result at a special general meeting means Dawn Meats will buy a 65% holding in Alliance, with the farmer owners retaining the remaining 35%
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NewsProfit warnings surge for under-pressure retailers
Profit warnings have surged in the third quarter as cautious consumers put retailers under ‘immense pressure’ heading into the crucial Christmas trading period
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Comment & OpinionWhat next for rescued Roberts Bakery following Boparan deal?
Why on earth does the ‘Chicken King’ want a struggling factory selling traditional and out-of-fashion sliced bread? No one seems to know
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NewsWarburtons acquires Roberts Bakery factory
Market-leading bakery Warburtons has acquired a speciality bread factory from Roberts Bakery, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsUnilever slims prestige beauty further with Kate Somerville sale
Unilever has sold its prestige skincare brand Kate Somerville to Rare Beauty Brands, a US cosmetics business founded by singer and actress Selena Gomez, for an undisclosed sum
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NewsRoberts Bakery seals rescue deal saving more than 400 jobs
Roberts Bakery has been rescued by a private investment firm saving more than 400 jobs and preserving the 138-year-old business