All Finance articles – Page 261
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City Snapshot: Tesco sales soar during pandemic but £553m Covid costs drag on profits
Sales at Tesco soared 6.6% in the first half to £26.7bn as shoppers relied more heavily on supermarkets during the coronavirus pandemic, but costs also ballooned to weigh on profits. The supermarket also announced Tate & Lyle CFO Imran Nawaz as its news chief financial officer.
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A Ferrero takeover would be good news for Fox’s – and free up 2 Sisters to focus on what matters
A takeover of Fox’s would see Ferrero become the fourth biggest player in the growing UK sweet biscuits market overnight
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Danone to sell remaining €500m stake in Yakult
French food conglomerate Danone has announced plans to sell its remaining 6.6% stake in probiotic yoghurt brand Yakult to strengthen its balance sheet.
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Clean Liquor Co rebrands ahead of major NPD push and US debut
It secured a £7m cash injection which it will spend on marketing, new products and US expansion
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City snapshot: Premier Foods redeems £40m of bonds amid ‘strong’ trading
Premier Foods has bought back £40m of corporate bond notes due to continued strong trading momentum in the first half of its financial year. Plus, Glanbia annonces new chairman and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 6 October: Ferrero/Fox’s Biscuits, Hovis, Greencore
Italian confectionery giant Ferrero could announce a £250m deal for Britain’s Fox’s Biscuits as soon as this week
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Italian food group Newlat enters £100m race for Hovis
Listed Italian food group Newlat Food has confirmed to the stock market it has made an offer to buy UK bakery brand Hovis
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Crowdcube and Seedrs to merge in crowdfunding consolidation
Crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs have agreed a merger, creating one of the world’s largest private equity marketplaces
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Around Noon expands into healthy ready meals with Simply Fit Food deal
Northern Irish food-to-go supplier Around Noon has acquired healthy ready meal maker Simply Fit Food in attempt to diversify its offering after the coronavirus pandemic hit the sandwich market.
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Olly’s lands £500k investment to push NPD after lockdown sales surge
The half a million-pound sum came mostly from an angel investor with an fmcg background
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City Snapshot: Profits slump at Greencore but demand for food-to-go returning
Profits have slumped 40% at Greencore as the coronavirus crisis pushed up costs and saw revenues nosedive, but food-to-go demand started to return in the fourth quarter. And Italian food group Newlat Food has proposed an acquisition of bread maker Hovis.
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Media Bites 5 Oct: Asda, Waitrose/Ocado, Hovis
The papers this weekend have plenty of reactions to Asda being “back in British hands” after the £6.8bn deal was announced on Friday.
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@Pizza raises £1m to launch restaurants and drive-thrus
The business will use the funding to fit out shipping containers to replicate its two bricks & mortar restaurants in Birmingham and Edinburgh
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FDF report reveals effect of pandemic on food & drink exports
Year-on-year exports fell by 13.8% to £9.7bn in the first half of 2020
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Grenade sales surge past £50m on 37% annual growth
Sports nutrition player Grenade continued its stellar sales growth last year, although profits fell back a fifth as it invested in growth.
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Vevolution to set up investment platform for plant-based startups
An investment platform bringing together plant-based entrepreneurs and angel investors will launch next month, with a £100k investment prize for startups in the space.
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Analysis & Features
Why does EG Group want to buy Asda and what will it do with it?
The deal with TDR Capital and the Issa brothers would put raw entrepreneurship and ambition in the driving seat at Asda
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Asda EG Group combo will reverberate through the grocery sector
With combined sales of £40bn, it will be the UK’s second-biggest retailer (by sales)
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Online marketplace software firm Mirakl reveals UK expansion plan
The French company has set its sights on UK grocers and will create 40 new jobs by 2022
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City snapshot: UK food and drink exports fall for first time since 2015
Food and drink exports have fallen for the first time since 2015 as a result of coronavirus disruption, an FDF report has shown.