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Analysis & Features
OC&C Global 50: the giant slowdown
The latest Global 50 rankings by OC&C reveals the biggest fmcg suppliers are struggling to grow both turnover and margins…
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Greencore to roll out new IT systems
Greencore is to automate its accounts-payable processes to manage 360,000 invoices a year…
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Coty and P&G shares dip following mega-merger agreement
Shares in beauty giants Coty and Procter & Gamble slipped 4.7% to $30 and 0.4% to $80.66 respectively as investors weighed up the benefits of the $12.5bn deal for P&G’s beauty business.
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City Snapshot: Waitrose sales soar as sun shines
Sales at Waitrose soared 6% to £132.2m in the 22nd week of its current financial year thanks to “summer sunshine, British sporting heroics and US Independence Day parties”. Plus stevia producer PureCircle appoints two former Pepsi and Coke execs to the board.
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Media Bites 10 July: Bargain Booze, petrol prices, PepsiCo
Bargain Booze confirms its in the race for wine supplier Matthew Clark, fallout from the living wage announcement, Sainsbury’s and Tesco prices at the pump, PepsiCo beats market expectations and Procter & Gamble has agreed to sell 43 beauty brands to Coty.
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Walgreens Boots beats profit forecasts for third quarter
Global pharmacy and health giant Walgreens Boots Alliance has beaten profit expectations in the third quarter as sales across its divisions grew following the official formation of the larger group.
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Procter & Gamble UK boss Irwin Lee to become Morrisons non-executive director
Morrisons has appointed Procter & Gamble UK boss Irwin Lee as a non-executive director to help turn around the company’s fortunes.
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Associated British Foods stock climbs as revenues grow
Shares have increased almost 5% at Associated British Foods after the group said revenues were ahead of last year.
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City Snapshot: Conviviality Retail shares suspended on takeover talk
Conviviality Retail (CVR) has suspended trading in its shares “due to media speculation” it is seeking to acquire UK drinks supplier Matthew Clark
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Media bites: Budget, living wage, sunday trading
Under-pressure supermarkets and high-street retailers face paying out billions of pounds in extra wages and tax over the next five years after George Osborne’s budget.
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Conviviality Retail confirms reverse takeover talks with Matthew Clark
Conviviality Retail has suspended trading in its shares “due to media speculation” it is seeking to acquire UK drinks supplier Matthew Clark.
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Analysis & Features
Living wage dominates Sainsbury's AGM
No sooner had Mike Coupe said there was no way he could commit to a living wage at Sainsbury’s by next year’s AGM than George Osborne announced a new compulsory national pay scale for everybody over the age of 25.
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Booker shares slide after “subdued” first quarter trading
Shares in Booker fell 3.3% to 160.8p today after the wholesaler revealed a group-wide like-for-like growth of 0.4%
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Fever-Tree shares surge on strong first half sales
Premium drinks mixer supplier Fever-Tree’s shares have climbed almost 10% in morning trading after announcing a 61% rise in first half sales.
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City Snapshot: Nomad Foods seeks more cash for big deals
Nomad Foods has issued a rallying call to institutional investors in a bid to raise more cash for further big deals. Plus shares soar is Fever-Tree as it ups full-year expectations, SABMiller appoints new CFO, Booker reports Q1 figures ahead of AGM and the BRC’s latest shop prices index.
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Media Bites 8 July: M&S, Sunday trading, Tesco
Investor angst at M&S following reversal in Q1 clothing sales, fallout from George Osborne Sunday trading law plans and KKR rejoin the shortlist of five bidders for Tesco’s South Korean business.
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M&S invests in every day prices in first quarter
Marks & Spencer dipped its toes in the UK supermarket price war during its first quarter in a bid to stay competitive in a challenging sector, according to CEO Mark Bolland.
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Tesco hands new UK CEO Matt Davies £3.6m of share options
Tesco has announced it has given new UK and Ireland CEO Matt Davies £3.6m of nil-cost share options to vest over the next three years
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Shop closures slow as economy turns the corner - Deloitte
Retail administrations have slowed dramatically in the first half of 2015 as the economy stabilises, according to research from Deloitte.
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Marks & Spencer fails to sustain fourth quarter sales momentum
Marks & Spencer’s first quarter trading has met the City’s modest expectations, but its overall like-for-like sales growth fell back to zero after a 0.7% rise in the fourth quarter.