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Analysis & FeaturesPureCircle’s sweet success as share price outperforms market
Price of PureCircle’s shares proves stevia’s status as a bona fide sugar substitute
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Analysis & FeaturesCommodity prices: rain in Canada pushes up durum wheat prices
Durum wheat prices have continued to rise with heavy rain during the growing season…
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Analysis & FeaturesGreggs pasty tax victory only half the story of resurgence
Greggs is one of the British high street’s best-loved brands, a point that was reinforced when it took on Chancellor George Osborne…
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Analysis & FeaturesGreencore's growth: it's all about sandwiches
In the second in our series of articles on top performing grocery stocks in 2014, Greencore has proved that Horsegate is a distant memory
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Analysis & FeaturesCrawshaws revealed as best performing grocery stock of 2014
It’s not all doom and gloom. In a series of articles this week, we present grocery plc’s fastest growing stocks in 2014.
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Analysis & FeaturesCrucial Christmas sales will tell us if Morrisons' recovery is real
The market seems slightly puzzled just what to make of Morrisons’ Q3 numbers yesterday.
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Analysis & FeaturesTurkish delight as Yildiz digests McVitie's owner UB
If the planets had aligned differently, the United Biscuits management team would now be leading perhaps…
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Netto 2.0 compete with the big boys of grocery?
“Opening a new store in the UK feels like playing in the Champions League final.”…
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Analysis & FeaturesFeed cost fall set to ease meat suppliers' winter woes
With winter fast drawing in, an expected drop in animal feed costs is likely to bring some early festive cheer…
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Analysis & FeaturesFew tears shed over Dairy Crest milk split
Today’s big announcement that Dairy Crest has agreed to offload its dairies operation to Müller prompted a rally in the processor’s share price today, trading 15% up on yesterday’s closing price.
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Analysis & FeaturesAmbrosia Devon Custard Puds: acid test
Premier Foods is aiming to take puddings into the 21st century and compete with the array of twin-pot desserts…
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Analysis & FeaturesRetail dairy prices defy slump in commodities and wholesale
Britain’s dairy industry has suffered a devastating crash in wholesale prices in recent months…
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's Nacho Cheese Dipping Sauce: acid test
Retailers have been showing plenty of interest in developing own-label sauces, condiments and dips…
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Analysis & FeaturesFever-Tree float represents an impressive show of investor faith
With the rest of the UK’s IPO contenders dropping like flies, Fever-Tree’s success in getting its AIM IPO away yesterday is an impressive illustration of market support for the premium mixer maker.
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Analysis & FeaturesReasons for optimism over ABF's grocery performance despite sugar troubles
Associated British Foods’ earnings announcements have followed a similar pattern of late - Primark good, sugar bad.
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Analysis & FeaturesUnited Biscuits' private sale was inevitable once the IPO market closed
The long wait for a significant IPO of a UK food and drinks business goes on after United Biscuits was sold to Turkey’s Ulker today.
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Analysis & FeaturesWholesale prices: quota reductions push up fish prices
Norway’s cod fishing quota was cut in 2014, lowering supply…
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Analysis & FeaturesWine prices in flux thanks to years of droughts and floods
Alternating floods and droughts (of both water and wine) have, over the past few years, kept European wine producers on th…
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Analysis & FeaturesBananas prices are falling as mults slash cost of fruit
The drama surrounding the failed merger of Chiquita and Fyffes has meant there have been lots of headlines about bananas…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy is C&C Group so keen to get hold of the Spirit pubco?
If Magners cider owner C&C Group can pull off a successful takeover of the Spirit Pub group it would represent something o…