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NewsBon Bon Buddies overseas focus delivers record year
Overseas expansion and new contract wins have helped Welsh confectioner Bon Bon Buddies to record results, with sales up 13% and profits more than doubling in the year to 30 April 2016.
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NewsPremier Foods investor urges sale as profits fall short
Concerns surrounding Premier Foods’ “ability to recover from its long-standing ‘zombie’ status”
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NewsPremier hit by fall in multibuys as higher costs squeeze margins
A reduction in supermarket multibuys and own-label growth has wiped out branded sales growth, Premier Foods has claimed
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NewsBrewDog £10m bond caps a recordbreaking year for Crowdcube
Booming investor demand for food and drink brands has fuelled a recordbreaking year on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, with popular craft brewer BrewDog hitting its £10m target at the end of 2016.
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NewsLindt sales boost from higher-than-average UK growth
Lindt said it was now the fastest-growing chocolate brand in Great Britain, where it now has 13 retail shops, as group sales rise 6.8% to CHF 3.9bn (£3.1bn) in 2016.
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NewsCity snapshot: Finsbury Food Group warns it must recover rising costs
Finsbury Food Group has said “further cost recovery” will be required in the second half after flat first half sales
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NewsHotel Chocolat ends 2016 with strong festive sales
Hotel Chocolat jumped by 16.2% in the 13 weeks to 25 December as more customers spent more money in-store and online.
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NewsGreggs hails strong Christmas buoyed by festive bakes and burritos
Overall, sales at Greggs increased by 7% in 2016
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NewsCity snapshot: Sweet Christmas for Hotel Chocolat as shoppers spend more on gifts
Hotel Chocolat sales leapt 16.2% in the 13 weeks to 25 December as customers spent more money on higher priced gifts for Christmas
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NewsMash Direct profits boost as awareness outside of Northern Ireland grows
Northern Irish convenience food manufacturer Mash Direct has increased profits five-fold thanks to a rise in sales driven by growing consumer awareness of the brand outside its domestic market.
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NewsHilton Food Group to deliver results 'ahead of expectations'
Meat packer benefits from positive foreign currency conditions and sales growth in number of markets
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NewsParfetts sees sales boom over Christmas period
Parfetts has reported a rise in Christmas sales of 8.8%
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NewsFortnum & Mason sales soar 16% over Christmas
The luxury brand reported a 22% year-on-year increase in online sales in the five weeks to 1 January
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NewsCook reports record rise in Christmas sales
Cook reports strong growth in its 87 shops of just under 6%, so “still believes in the high street”
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NewsSuppliers in distress as mults enjoy recovery, says report
The recovery of the supermarkets has piled increasing pressure on the supply chain
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NewsMeadow Foods sales plunge by 40% in run up to PE backing
Dairy processor Meadow Foods saw its sales drop by almost 40% last year as the plunging price of milk hit revenues
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NewsAddo Food Group profits soar as it turns around Kerry pastries
Sales and profitability have soared at Addo Food Group after it turned around the Kerry chilled savoury pastry business
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NewsBooths tops £10m sales mark after record-breaking Christmas
Booths reported strong growth in its online channel, with sales from home delivery and click & collect channels up by 6.9%
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NewsMarks & Spencer Christmas results: what the analysts say
M&S reported better-than-expected results over Christmas, with group sales up 5.9% in the 13 weeks to 31 December. But what did the analysts and retail watchers maker of it?
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NewsCity Snapshot: 'Super Thursday' brings solid festive updates from Tesco, M&S, Waitrose and more
Tesco has reported UK like-for-like growth of 1.4% in the 19 weeks to 7 January November as market share gains and volume growth boosted sales