All Share prices articles – Page 3
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News
City News: Greencore shares decline despite stabilising performance
Shares in Greencore tumbled this week despite the sandwich maker reporting significant progress in its ongoing recovery.
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Comment & Opinion
Hotel Chocolat, last bastion of British chocolate innovation, has sold out to Mars
It’s the end of the road for British chocolate, but Angus Thirlwell’s dream is still alive
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Analysis & Features
Hein Schumacher still has a big role for ‘purpose’ in his Unilever action plan
CEO Hein Schumacher says he wants to do sustainability ‘differently’, but there is more to the plan than a retreat from ‘woke nonsense’
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News
City News: Nestlé shares sink as shoppers baulk at continued higher prices
Shares in Nestlé sank on Thursday as the world’s biggest food group revealed lower-than-expected sales growth in the first nine months of 2023.
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Analysis & Features
Is private ownership just what Finsbury Food needs?
Suitor DBay wants to build a bakery powerhouse through M&A
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Analysis & Features
How the Global 50 largest fmcg companies are turning defence into attack
The world’s fmcg giants have soaked up plenty of pressure, and are looking to go back on the attack. Can they prosper in the post-Covid environment?
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City News: Fever-Tree enjoys US boost but UK sales fall flat
Fever-Tree shares this week have been quite mixed following a sharp drop in profits as UK sales fell flat
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City News: WH Smith shares drop despite booming travel sales
WH Smith shares fell sharply this week despite booming travel sales, as a trading update raised concerns over slowing growth and a lack of upgrade in profit guidance
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Comment & Opinion
Butternut Box defies DTC doom-mongers with its near-unicorn valuation
Butternut Box shows the DTC model still has legs, even if it’s the four-legged variety
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News
City snapshot: Unilever kicks off final leg of €3bn share buyback programme
Unilever has commenced the fourth and final tranche of its share buyback programme to give back €3bn to shareholders
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City News: Pernod Ricard shares slide on US and China slowdown
Pernod Ricard hailed a “very strong” annual performance as it recorded double-digit sales growth and expanded margin, but shares were hit by warnings of slowdowns in key markets of China and the US
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City snapshot: M&S set for return to FTSE 100
M&S is expected to reclaim its spot in the list of the UK’s most valuable companies today for the first time in four years following a recent turnaround in fortunes.
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City News: Tesco boosted by market share gains and broker endorsement
Britain’s biggest grocer received a double boost this week
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Analysis & Features
How big can M&S get in food – and how will it get there?
M&S Food aims to grow its market share by one percentage point, to about 4.5%. But could new stores, Ocado and ‘trusted value’ take it further?
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City News: Ocado shares soar 19% as investors sense ‘jam today’
Ocado shares soared 19% on Tuesday as the grocery tech group outperformed City expectations in the first half, but analysts remain spilt over future prospects.
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Analysis & Features
Why would Amazon want to buy Ocado?
Continued losses dog the group, but Ocado could make a valuable prospect for a big player seeking automation and online grocery dominance
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News
Ocado gets vote of confidence with ‘much better outlook’
Analysts at BNP Paribas Exane upgraded the online retail pioneer from ‘sell’ to ‘neutral’
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News
City snapshot: Former John Lewis boss urges rethink to potential sell-off
A former boss of John Lewis has said it would be a “tragedy” if the retailer changed its partnership model.
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News
City News: Shares recovery at Fever-Tree on investor optimism for 2023
Fever-Tree shares are 35% down year on year and more than 55% down since the start of 2022 Fever-Tree shares jumped this week, despite a heavy fall in annual profits. Investors breathed a collective sigh of relief on assurances its profits this year would be in line ...
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City News: Greggs shares under pressure as stubborn inflation eats into profits
It was mixed picture for Greggs this week as the high street bakery chain revealed a 23% jump in 2022 revenues to £1.5bn but a mere 1.9% increase in pre-tax profits to £148.3m as soaring inflation ate into the bottom line.