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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…
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NewsHeineken counts cost of raw material price hikes
Heineken yesterday warned that profits for 2012 would be largely flat compared to last year, as the higher cost of raw materials…
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NewsThe Co-op suffers new fall in like-for-like sales
The Co-operative Group has posted a 1.2% fall in half-year like-for-like sales.
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NewsSales bloom at Tesco garden centre chain Dobbies
Tesco’s garden centre chain Dobbies has posted a 22% hike in full-year sales on the back of new store openings.
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NewsLondon retailers look to long-term 'legacy' for the Olympic Park
London’s retailers believe the Olympics will be the catalyst for future growth - despite many suffering a downturn in sales during the Games…
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NewsIndie retailers' sales slump as mults mount fightback
Symbols and independent stores have suffered a dramatic reversal in fortunes in just two months…
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NewsWet weather puts dampener on Carlsberg sales
“Very bad weather” has hit volumes and profits at brewing giant Carlsberg…
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NewsWilkinson sees the bright side as profits crash
Pre-tax profits plunged from £60.8m to £22.7m in the past year at Wilkinson. But the value retailer said it was…
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NewsCity news: Nestle shares
Swiss food giant Nestlé has proved as safe a bet in the recession as the nation’s deposit accounts. On Thursday, the…