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NewsCosta Coffee's food expansion helps boost UK sales
Costa Coffee owner Whitbread has reported an 8.1% rise in first half revenues, partly driven by double-digit UK growth for Costa as it builds its food and artisan coffee credentials.
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NewsPremier Foods shares fall as broker warns of rising costs
Premier Foods shares hit their lowest point since early July today after the Mr Kipling supplier was downgraded by broker Jefferies.
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NewsMarmite sales rocket following Unilever-Tesco row
Uplift was the result of the abundance of Marmitegate reports, says IRI
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NewsTesco regains share as Aldi and Lidl growth slows
Tesco is beginning to claw back ground from the discounters as its recovery coincides with some of the worst growth figures of the price war era for Aldi and Lidl
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NewsNestlé warns over price rises as global growth stalls
Nestlé’s chief exec Paul Bulcke has warned UK price rises could be on the way after what analysts dubbed a ““disappointing” third quarter update.
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NewsMüller makes cost savings a major focus as losses reach £106m
Revenues fell 4.2% to £1.34bn in the year to 31 December 2015
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NewsCott and Refresco's UK sales drop as soft drinks face squeeze
Cott’s UK sales fell 7.8% to £266m in the year to 2 January 2015
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NewsIceland's frozen soups deliver £6m boost for flagging category
Soups launched under the successful Slimming World range have amassed sales of £2.2m
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NewsHotel Chocolat CEO dismisses need for 'knee-jerk' price rises
Hotel Chocolat CEO Angus Thirlwell has pledged not to instigate ’knee-jerk’ price rises to cope with rising input costs after the post-Brexit plunge in the pound.
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NewsCity snapshot: Hotel Chocolat’s debut annual results show sales and profits growth
Hotel Chocolat has announced a 12% sales boost and a big jump in profitability in its first annual results as a listed company
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NewsCharlie Bigham's hits 'new heights' with 35% growth
Retail sales were up 35% year on year to £57m in the financial year ended August 31 2016…
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NewsProfits rise at Asda-owned IPL as it secures lowers prices
Asda’s direct sourcing arm International Procurement and Logistics saw a near 23% jump in pre-tax profits last year as it made procurement savings for the WalMart-owned supermarket.
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NewsKellogg's cereal sales flag as consumers seek alternatives
Turnover at the sales and marketing arm of Kellogg’s fell almost £10m to £795.2m in the year to 2 January 2016
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NewsWeetabix faces tough trading as private label sales plummet
Globally, Weetabix’s sales slipped 1.3% to £432.8m in the year to 2 January 2016
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NewsCity snapshot: Burton's looks to counter 9% annual sales slide
Wagon Wheels manufacturer Burton’s Biscuits undertook a radical shake-up of its business after another year of declining sales, while Unilever and Tesco solve Marmite spat …
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NewsChaucer Food's double-digit growth boosts US expansion plans
Chaucer Food Group has reported double-digit jumps in sales and underlying profits as it gets closer to securing about $70m of new investment in the US.
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NewsBurton's Biscuits shakeup to address a further decline in sales
Burton’s is under new leadership and has shed its Cadbury biscuits licence as sales fell from £315.4m in 2014 to £287.4m in the year to 3 January 2015.
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NewsCity Snaphot: BRC/KPMG record best quarter for food retail since 2013
Total food sales rose 1.6% in the three months to 1 October, according to the September BRC/KPMG Retail Sales Monitor …
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NewsMars Chocolate back in growth despite top brands' struggles
Mars Chocolate UK returned to top line growth last year as total sales grew 2.9% despite pressure on some of its key brands. Plus globally, Mars merges Wrigley with its chocolate business.
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NewsNetto loss hit £40m in year before JS and Dansk decided to pull plug
Annual pre-tax losses reached almost £40m at Netto in the financial year before Sainsbury’s and Dansk pulled the plug