more results news & analysis – Page 193
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City sceptical over supermarket share price rallies
Supermarket share prices recovered in early 2015, but City investors remain unconvinced the pain of last year is over.
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Holiday periods in the UK and US just the tonic for Fever-Tree growth
Strong sales in the final two months of 2014 have pushed Fever-Tree’s full-year revenue comfortably ahead of expectations.
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SABMiller hit by third quarter China slowdown
Peroni brewer SABMiller has reported a 1% dip in third quarter lager volumes, driven by a significant decline in China.
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Delayed store openings take the shine off Poundland's record Christmas
More than seven million customers were served at Poundland in the peak Christmas trading week helping the discount chain to a record festive period.
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WH Smith focuses on margin as group sales slip again
WH Smith’s gross margin continues to grow, despite a 2% fall in like-for-like sales in the 20 weeks to 17 January.
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Unilever sales hit by challenging market conditions
Unilever has posted lower than expected full-year sales as growth remained mixed in emerging markets and Europe.
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Faccenda Foods grows sales for fourth year running
Poultry processor Faccenda Foods has increased its top line for the fourth consecutive year with profits more than doubling.
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Booker sales increase 2.5% in third quarter
Booker’s like-for-like sales rose by 2.5% in the 16 weeks to 2 January…
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Strong retail growth at Thorntons pulled back by commercial sales weakness
Thorntons has reported like-for-like retail sales growth of 7.8% in the run-up to Christmas, but total second quarter revenues fell due to poor UK commercial sales.
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Greggs targets retail parks as it gets back on expansion trail
Greggs plans to reverse its recent programme of store reductions by expanding its estate away from the high street in 2015…
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Morrisons shares rise as Dalton Philips is axed
Deposed Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips will probably conclude Tuesday was not one of his best days.
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Booming Latin American sales help Carrefour post 3.9% annual revenue increase
French retail giant Carrefour has posted full-year organic sales growth of 3.9%, boosted by strong growth it Latin America.
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Sainsbury’s chooses EY as auditor as it drops PwC
Sainsbury’s’ board intends to drop PwC as its auditor in favour of Big Four rival EY for the upcoming financial year.
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Strong Christmas at Primark fails to sweeten profits at Associated British Foods as sugar woes continue
Further problems at Associated British Foods’ sugar business are set to hit profits in 2015.
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C&C Group's shares plunge after weak third quarter trading
C&C Group’s shares fell more than 10% in early trading after it cut profits expectations and warned that third quarter trading was below expectations.
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Sainsbury’s enjoys best Christmas of the big four according to Kantar Worldpanel
Each of the big four experienced a sales decline in the run-up to the Christmas period according to the latest market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, but Sainsbury’s posted the smallest year-on-year decline of the major supermarkets.
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Greggs on a roll as sales soar over Christmas
Shares in Greggs have rocketed again this morning as the bakery chain reported a “very strong” finish to 2014 and said its full-year results would beat previous expectations.
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Morrisons was Christmas' worst performing major grocer, 409 jobs at risk
Closures are all small supermarket format, company will look to accomodate employees in other areas
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Morrisons CEO to step down as supermarket announces closures
Dalton Philips ”sad to be leaving”, says change was only finalised yesterday evening
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Southern Co-operative records LFL sales drop
Company does claim 7.8% increase in sales over 2014, total sales up too