All Finance articles – Page 375
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NewsJust Eat sales surge on booming UK orders
A jump in orders and the acquisition of rival HungryHouse helped UK takeaway marketplace Just Eat grow revenues by 43% to almost £780m last year and move back into pre-tax profit.
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NewsMedia Bites 6 March: Sainsbury's, Brexit tariffs, AB InBev
“Sainsbury’s sales are stuck in reverse” writes The Times (£), while The Telegraph says the sales slide has piled further pressure on chief executive Mike Coupe.
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NewsSoaring Aperol sales drive 19% UK growth for Campari Group
The popularity of Aperol Spritz and Negroni cocktails boosted the spirit group’s UK sales in 2018
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NewsHolland & Barrett CEO Aldis resigns in leadership shake-up
The shake-up will see Steve Carson promoted to group managing director and John Walden become executive chairman
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News'Millennial booze cruisers' ravage Majestic's Calais stores as Brexit looms
Sales rose 49% throughout February, with pre-orders up 78%
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NewsGrocery sales growth slows amid Brexit caution
Grocery sales grew by 1.9% in the 12 weeks to 24 February as one in ten shoppers admit to stockpiling food in preparation for a possible disorderly Brexit.
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NewsMedia Bites 5 March: Boparan Restaurant Group, Aldi, Retail sales
The “chicken king” owner of the Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner restaurants is set to close a third of the two chains’ sites, putting hundreds of jobs at risk
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Comment & OpinionHow is Lidl maintaining its winning streak and what can we learn?
The discounter makes ’big bets’ and makes the effort to present an innovative offer, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsPlant-based startup NotCo secures $30m funding round
The Chilean supplier, which produces plant-based replacements for mayonnaise, secured the cash injection from investors including The Craftory and Jeff Bezos’ family office
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NewsPep&Co clothing helps drive 'broadly flat' Q1 for Poundland
The variety discounter saw unaudited revenues rise 0.6% to €516m in Q1
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NewsCity snapshot: Geddes and Swann tapped for John Lewis Partnership top job
The departing bosses of Direct Line and travel retail giant SSP are reportedly vying to succeed Sir Charlie Mayfield as chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, BAT has raised frustrations over a 20-year legal battle and the rest of the news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 4 March: M&S/Ocado, John Lewis, Amazon
Marks & Spencer chief executive Steve Rowe has launched a broadside against arch rival Waitrose, insisting he can offer ‘better quality and better prices’
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NewsPremier activist investors could put Batchelors sale back on the menu
A sell-off of Premier Foods’ Batchelors brand could be back on the table after an activist investor calling for a sale of the brand was appointed to its board.
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NewsExponent in talks to buy Asian foods wholesaler TRS Group
The Grocer understands the PE firm is in exclusive talks to buy the business
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NewsNo-deal Brexit would have 'serious supply impact': Riverford
About 30% of Riverford’s veg comes from Spain, Italy and France
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NewsPatisserie Valerie CEO Steve Francis to sue Causeway
Patisserie Valerie future thrown into fresh doubt as backers sack CEO and commercial director
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does Dairy Crest's sale mean for the future of UK dairy?
With Dairy Crest moving to Canadian hands, is this the ‘death of big British dairy’?
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NewsHalewood Wines & Spirits abandons plan to sell business
After posting stellar results for the latest financial year, owner Judy Halewood has decided the business is best kept in the family.
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NewsCity snapshot: TRS Group in talks with PE firm Exponent over sale
Private equity investor Exponent is understood to be closing on a deal to buy Asian foods wholesale specialist TRS Group
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NewsMedia Bites 1 March: Brexit, Big Bear, Patisserie Valerie
Supermarkets are working with police to protect their stores and staff from looting and riots if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, reports The Times