All Finance articles – Page 427
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NewsTulip to cut 150 jobs in Bodmin as production levels fall
It comes as Young’s Seafood also confirms plans to close its Annan factory
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NewsNomad agrees €240m deal to buy Aunt Bessie’s from William Jackson
Birds Eye owner Nomad Foods has announced it has agreed to buy frozen potato and Yorkshire puddings brand Aunt Bessie’s
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NewsNestlé acquires Welsh bottled water company Princes Gate
Nestlé Waters, which is known for its Buxton and Pure Life brands, has acquired a majority stake in Princes Gate Spring Water Ltd
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NewsCity snapshot: Hotel Chocolat buys back £6.4m of customer ‘chocolate bonds’
Hotel Chocolat repays £6.4m of ‘chocolate bonds’ to fund growth. Plus, annual sales up 56% at UK wine supplier Gusbourne and Bayer sets date for $63bn Monsanto deal completion.
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NewsMedia Bites 4 June: Poundworld, Discounters, Addo Food Group
Alteri Investors, a turnaround firm backed by US hedge fund giant Apollo is closing in on a deal to buy Poundworld, the struggling discount retailer.
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NewsSoulmate Food bought out of administration by Kettlebell Kitchen
Online healthy food delivery company Soulmate Food has been bought out of administration by health food supplier Kettlebell Kitchen, saving around 20 jobs
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Analysis & FeaturesPret a Manger takeover: what the £1.5bn JAB deal means
MCA executive director and ex-Pret senior operations manager Simon Stenning explains how JAB’s acquisition will affect the UK food-to-go chain
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NewsThe Uncommon canned English sparkling wine seeks £25k from crowd
Canned English sparkling wine start-up The Uncommon has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £25k to create an urban winery
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NewsGressingham Foods buys Yorkshire Game in administration rescue deal
Wild meat producer Yorkshire Game has been bought by Gressingham Game after entering administration, saving 23 jobs
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NewsCostco to roll out petrol stations to most of its locations
Senior VP for Europe Steve Pappas said Costco UK was “developing plans for other locations”, but was “unable to give a time” on when they would open
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NewsHenderson Group hails 8.5% sales rise as 'tremendous'
Henderson Group CFO Ron Whitten heralded the results as “a tremendous performance”
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NewsPret a Manger readies US push after £1.5bn JAB deal
The deal will see JAB assume control of Pret after a decade of ownership by private equity group Bridgepoint
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NewsUK petrol price surges after Trump's Iran withdrawal
Motorists are paying on average 5.5p more for unleaded and 6p more per litre for diesel than they were in April
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NewsChocolate startup MIA reaches out to crowd for £100k investment
Bean-to-bar chocolate startup MIA has reached out to the crowd to raise £100k in investment
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NewsCity snapshot: Costco third quarter sales miss expectations
Shares in global retail group Costco have slipped in the US despite a 12.1% third quarter sales boost as growth fell short of market expectations. Plus all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 1 June: Asda, Sainsbury's, Belgian chocolate
Asda’s profits tumbled sharply last year as it forked out £120m on slashing prices across hundreds of products.
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NewsTayto affiliate rescues Uvenco companies from administration saving 169 jobs
Three food and drink vending machine firms, which are subsidiaries of listed company Uvenco, have been rescued from administration saving 169 jobs.
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NewsMike Hedges to ‘spearhead expansion’ as Propercorn CEO
Hedges was previously UK managing director at Tyrrells
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NewsSpecialist Italian wholesaler Guidetti goes into liquidation
The company has been voluntarily wound up by its owners
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Comment & OpinionOcado and Flipkart deals prove Kroger and Walmart are serious about online grocery
It’s brilliant for the two US giants to prove there is a serious business case for online grocery, says Eagle Eye’s Tim Mason