All Finance articles – Page 786
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Analysis & FeaturesHow promotional strategies can deliver improved economics
Many fmcg manufacturers are stuck between rising input costs and pressure from retailers for discount pricing…
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NewsSupply chain manager Enterprise Foods in £30m buyout
Supply chain management specialist Enterprise Foods has been bought in a £30m MBO led by its current chairman and backed by private equity firm Hattington Capital.
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NewsPasta Reale falls into administration costing 169 jobs
Pasta Reale has collapsed into administration resulting in the loss of 169 jobs two years after a private equity buyout.
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NewsEmmi cuts earnings forecast after poor trading in Italy
Swiss dairy group Emmi’s shares opened 6% lower this morning after it downgraded its full-year earnings forecast.
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NewsFyffes and Chiquita find new cost savings from proposed merger
Fyffes and Chiquita have announced their proposed merger would generate an additional $20m of annualised cost savings in a bid to convince investors to back the deal.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Tesco beginning the climb back from rock bottom?
The Kantar Worldpanel supermarket shares figures tomorrow could indicate that Tesco has finally hit rock bottom and has begun the slow process of recovery.
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NewsPoundland execs decide against bonuses despite successful year
Poundland executives have elected to receive no bonus despite a year of double-digit sales growth and a landmark IPO…
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NewsMoy Park on course for IPO before the end of the year
Moy Park is already in the “advanced stages” of its IPO preparations and on course to float on the Stock Market…
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Analysis & FeaturesIPO recovery still fragile as food suppliers plot listings
Investor appetite may be strong for UB and Moy Park, but the IPO recovery remains fragile
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NewsUnited Biscuits to float on Stock Market this autumn
United Biscuits to join Moy Park in Q4 listing as supplier IPO stampede looms…
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Analysis & FeaturesHow badly has the Russian crisis hit the global brewers?
Russia is yet to slap an import ban on western beer, but the global brewers are still haemorrhaging sales in the region as political tensions show few signs of easing.
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NewsWH Smith short sellers may yet be caught out
A stark split of opinion has emerged in the City over the prospects for WH Smith…
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NewsSymington's reports falling profits amid 'challenging' UK market
Pinched consumers, the cost of promotions and the rise of the discounters have led to slump in full-year profits at Symington’s.
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NewsHeineken beer volumes boosted by the World Cup
Heineken saw overall beer volumes rise 3.1% and a “mid-single digit” figure in the UK as the World Cup and warm weather helped boost first half trading.
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Analysis & FeaturesPetrol price war is no game changer for under-pressure supermarkets
The so-called grocery price war has spread to the petrol pumps, but the supermarkets are unlikely to see much benefit.
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NewsImperial Tobacco reports a 1% slide in global sales
Imperial Tobacco Group said today it remained on course to acquire a range of US cigarette brands as it reported a 1% fall in global revenue for the first nine months of the year.
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Analysis & FeaturesChiquita's bid rejection just the first round of a long takeover fight
Chiquita’s decision to reject a $611m takeover will have been met with a huge sigh of relief from Fyffes boardroom and shareholders alike.
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NewsTesco Clubcard operator Dunnhumby in predictive data venture
Tesco-owned data group Dunnhumby has taken a 50% stake in Sandtable – a data science company…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat the Russian export ban means for UK food and drink
Less than 1% of British food exports go to Russia, but restrictions could still have serious knock-on effects on UK prices…
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NewsChiquita vows to to press ahead with Fyffes merger
US banana firm Chiquita has rejected a $611m takeover bid and reaffirmed its intention to merge with Irish contemporary Fyffes.