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NewsTate & Lyle completes Eastern Europe ingredients restructure
Archer Daniels Midland Company, which owns half the joint venture with Tate, has bought bulk ingredients plants in Bulgaria, Turkey and Hungary
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NewsNomad completes £500m takeover of Findus
Nomad Foods has completed the £500m takeover of the European arm of Findus after the deal cleared the relevant anti-trust hurdles.
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NewsUnilever accredited as living wage employer
The move will mean a pay rise for about 500 of the company’s UK staff
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NewsAsda and Tesco slip as high street entertainment sales surge
Asda and Tesco lost share of the entertainment market in the past quarter as high street retailers enjoyed a resurgence
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NewsMedia Bites 2 Nov: M&S, Morrisons, BRC
Marks & Spencer is due to report another slump in clothing sales, heaping renewed pressure on chief executive Marc Bolland.
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NewsCity snapshot: 151 Products rescues Swirl from administration
151 Products has bought consumer goods firm Swirl Products, trading as Fmcg, out of administration, plus a look at the week ahead in the City with updates from M&S, Morrisons and ABF.
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News151 Products agrees rescue deal for fmcg
Consumer products group 151 Products has acquired the business and assets of Swirl Products, which trades as fmcg, out of administration.
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NewsDrury Tea and Coffee brews up expansion plans
Tea and coffee producer Drury Tea and Coffee has invested in new coffee equipment after securing a £500,000 bank loan.
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Analysis & FeaturesC&C Group shares plummet after sales & profits slump
Shares in C&C Group were in freefall after the Bulmers maker revealed difficult trading conditions had dented its sales
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NewsJack Fulton and Fultons Foods suffer 50% fall in profits
Frozen Value, which trades as Jack Fulton and Fultons Foods, saw pre-tax profits plunge in 2014
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NewsCity snapshot: Consumer confidence plunges to five-month low in October
UK consumer confidence fell for the second month running in October as shoppers continued to worry
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NewsMedia Bites 30 October: CBI, GfK, M&S, Sports Direct
As half-term week draws to a close, a dearth of news in the retail sector leads to a very quiet day in the papers, with stories on the latest CBI and GfK surveys.
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Analysis & Features2 Sisters to put £150m into poultry efficiencies
2 Sisters has pledged to invest £150m in its poultry business in a bid to drive efficiencies as it moves from a period of aggressive acquisition-driven expansion to consolidation.
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NewsS&A Foods administrators 'hopeful' of finding factory buyer
Administrators at S&A Foods are hopeful of striking a deal to sell the ready meals supplier’s Derby factory…
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NewsGeneral Mills set to close Jus-Rol pastry plant in Berwick
General Mills has announced plans to close its Jus-Rol pastry plant in Northumberland with the potential loss of 265 jobs
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NewsOrnua merges two UK businesses to form new dairy division
Irish dairy co-op Ornua is to merge two of its UK-based businesses, Meadow Cheese and The Cheese Warehouse
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NewsCity snapshot: Delhaize sees "robust" third quarter sales
Belgian retail group Delhaize has posted third quarter constant currency revenue growth of 2.3%
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NewsMedia Bites 29 Oct: AB InBev, Heineken, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Anheuser-Busch InBev has sought to reassure investors that its £68bn takeover of smaller rival SABMiller is on track.
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NewsWalgreens Boots snaps up US rival as sales and profits rise
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed a $17.2bn (£11.2bn) takeover of US rival Rite Aid. It comes as the global pharmacy and health giant filed big jumps in sales and profits for the past year thanks to last year’s mega-merger.
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NewsScathing external review puts spotlight on First Milk ahead of AGM
The troubled co-op is due to hold its agm on Thursday (29 October)