All Finance articles – Page 614
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NewsFruit Bowl sales fall on tough trading environment
Sales tumbled 11% at snacking brand Fruit Bowl in 2015 as volumes declined in the challenging grocery market.
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NewsKraft Heinz puckers up for 'emotional' Love Soup campaign
Kraft Heinz is set to spend £10.6m to drive ‘category reappraisal and emotional engagement’ in canned soup
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NewsMüller to invest an extra £100m in UK dairy operations
Müller is set to plough £100m in investment into its operations, NPD and marketing over the next 18 months
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NewsMorrisons impresses the market as Ocado is hammered
Morrisons improved its second quarter like-for-like excluding fuel sales performance to 2% from 0.7% in the first quarter
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NewsMedia Bites 16 September: Morrisons, Waitrose, Booker
There is plenty of coverage in this morning’s papers on the recovery at Morrisons.
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NewsCity snapshot: Quorn sales overcome "sluggish" UK market
Quorn grows sales in the face of tough UK market, but sales growth slows year-on-year. Plus, new CFO at Moy Park and Morrisons shares soar on better than expected results.
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NewsCrawshaw shares crash as price wars hit meat category
A slowdown in trading at Crawshaw and aggressive price cuts by the supermarkets has seen shares in the value butchery chain sink 43% today.
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NewsWaitrose to 'turbocharge' investment in stores as sales drop
The retailer was hit by a £25m property writedown on seven supermarkets it no longer plans to open
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NewsTulip to be split into four as part of radical restructure
New CEO Steve Francis admitted the business had “lost its edge”
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NewsBooker gets Budgens/Londis boost
Booker sales surged 15.2% in Q2 but the tobacco display ban remains a drag on performance
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NewsBrothers sales slow in 2015 but output grows
Joint MD Matthew Showering expects revenues to surge in 2017 when the new high-speed bottling line, which doubles capcity to 400 million bottles a year, becomes operational.
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NewsONS sees no post-Brexit dip in consumer confidence despite August sales fall
Food retailers made a particularly strong contribution to growth
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NewsThe Yorkshire Meatball Co launches crowdfunded trio
The restaurant raised £130,650 via Crowdcube earlier this year
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NewsMedia Bites 15 Sep: Monsanto/Bayer, Ocado, Brexit
“Bayer bets the farm in $66bn Monsanto deal”, is the main business headline in The Times (£).
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NewsCity snapshot: Morrisons plays down Brexit after 2% second quarter sales hike
Morrisons said today it has seen “no negative impact” from Brexit after it announced second quarter like for like ex fuel sales growth of 2%
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Comment & OpinionUK grocery Armageddon is cancelled
It is not a given that a price-only strategy would improve the profit sustainability of Asda
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NewsNim's Fruit Crisps eyes new markets
Snacking brand Nim’s Fruit Crisps is targeting new export markets and expanding its range after securing £150,000 bank funding.
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NewsCompass to 'revolutionise' foodservice buying with Foodbuy venture
The new venture follows the acquisition by Compass Group UK & Ireland of Acquire Services in 2015
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NewsBayer and Monsanto agree £50bn merger
Bayer has agreed terms with Monsanto for a $66bn (£50bn) takeover to create the world’s biggest seeds and pesticides group
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NewsThe Co-op reports sales of premium spirits are soaring
“Brits are wanting to adopt this sophisticated way of drinking at home”