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City News 3/10/12
The economic crisis in southern Europe took the shine off Compass Group’s trading update on Thursday…
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NewsHornby derailed by retailers’ Olympic discounting
Toy maker Hornby has issued a profit warning after admitting sales of Olympic merchandise were lower than expected.
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NewsP&H price match pays off as non-tobacco lines smash target
Palmer & Harvey has smashed its sales targets for core non-tobacco lines to report 11.5% growth across the 600 products…
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NewsSales of organic onions and parsnips show healthy growth
Celebrity chefs such as Marco Pierre White may castigate organic food as the preserve of the “smug”…
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NewsTangerine profits hit by sugar, maize and gelatine price rises
Tangerine Confectionery has blamed a steep decline in profits on the impact of ‘extraordinary’ commodity cost inflation…
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NewsUnattractive Animée axed by Molson Coors
Molson Coors is calling time on its female-friendly beer Animée after just a year on shelf…
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NewsConvenience stores attract young entrepreneurs
Think most c-stores are run by older, Asian men? Think again…
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NewsOcado struggles to come back from summer slump
The summer of celebration has brought little cheer to Ocado investors…
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NewsKenny's: staff investment is key to growth
Northern Ireland Spar group Kenny’s attributed another year of growth to its heavy investment in staff training.
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NewsMum & Me buoys PZ Cussons performance
PZ Cussons has reported “robust” UK trading in the first quarter of its financial year, despite high levels of promotional activity.
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NewsThorntons shares jump as it delivers good news at last
After posting its first increase in like-for-like retail sales for 10 quarters in July, Thorntons followed up the good news…
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Hilton Food boss confident of growth despite downtrading
Tesco meat supplier, Hilton Food Group, has suffered a hit to profit margins off the back of consumer downtrading in red meat.
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News'Significant synergies' ahead as Britvic and AG Barr talk merger
Britvic and Irn-Bru maker AG Barr have thrashed out the key terms of a merger that would create a soft drinks giant…
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NewsCity News 8/9/12
Discouraging Kantar figures and a run of disappointing results had prompted some seriously gloomy predictions…
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NewsMorrisons defends strategy in wake of sales slip
Morrisons is set to step up its convenience store rollout in London and launch a new online wine business
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NewsFyffes profits surge in first half
Fyffes has unveiled bumper growth in sales and profits for the first half of the year. The fruit supplier said pre-tax profits…
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NewsMarks & Spencer arouses private equity interest
As Marks & Spencer opened the biggest store it has ever built this week, its shares were buoyed by speculation surrounding…
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NewsDiageo overhauls analyst expectations with sales rise
Diageo has once again given investors reason to raise a glass. The owner of the Guinness and Johnnie Walker…
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NewsCo-op Group sees 34% fall in profits
Bad weather and bad debts have hit half-year sales and profits at The Co-operative Group, but CEO Peter Marks insists…
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NewsKraft aims to halt choc bar decline with NPD
Kraft is hoping to stem decline in the countline and sharing bars markets with new Cadbury Dairy Milk products…