New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra has established a new Application Center in Guangzhou to develop innovative dairy products and services to the company’s foodservice customers in the region. The Guangzhou facility is ...
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Driven by UK sales but let down by international sales, online fashion retailer, ASOS managed to post a sales growth of 8 per cent year on year in the three months ending November 30, 2014. Although international sales dropped by 2 per ...
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Reports out of the United Kingdom suggest Adidas is preparing a £60 million a year bid to take over the kit rights to the internationally known soccer club when Nike's current 10-year., £300 million contract expires in June ...
For 2013, Rexam posted a 1% rise in sales to £3.9bn. Underlying profit before tax was up 4% to £372m. The group also hit 15.5% return on capital employed (ROCE), up on the 14.5% in 2012. Rexam’s total dividend is up 14% to ...
Profits of oil giant China Sinopec increased more than 10 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months. Huang Shuhe, vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), said the ...
Telecoms giant BT reported a two per cent rise in its full-year profits to £2.5bn for the year to 31 March, but revenues for the year slipped five per cent to £18bn. BT beat analysts' expectations of a five per cent drop in ...
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US own-label firm TreeHouse Foods has booked a decline in full-year profits as restructuring and other one-off costs hit earnings. In the 12 months to the end of December, net profit slid 6.3% to US$88.4m, the company reported yesterday ...
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Revenue for the full year to 31 December 2012 was at pound 3.3bn, a 2% rise, while underlying pre-tax profit was up 1% to pound 418bn. Graham Chipchase (pictured), Rexam’s chief executive, said: “”In 2012, we made ...
Swiss meat processing company Bell Group has booked an increase in full-year profits, despite what it claims has been a "demanding" market environment. In the 12 months to the end of December, net profit climbed 5.9% to CHF75.8m ...
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US firm B&G Foods has recorded an increase in full-year profits, boosted by acquisitions and price increases in 2012. Earnings in the 12 months ended 29 December amounted to US$59.3m, a 17.9% increase on the prior year period. Operating ...
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PepsiCo has posted a fall in full-year profits and sales as a 53rd week in 2011 results left a tough comparison. Net profits were down by 4% to US$6.18bn in 2012, the New York-based company said today (14 February). Net sales slipped by ...
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Global food group Nestle this morning (14 February) booked an increase in full-year profits but slowing underlying sales growth. The company also pointed to 2013 as looking every bit as "challenging" as 2012. Analysts gave a mixed view of ...
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US cereal giant Kellogg has recorded an increase in full-year profits and reiterated its 2013 outlook. Earnings in the year to 29 December amounted to US$961m, an 11.2% increase on the prior-year period. The growth was boosted by its ...
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Saudi food group Almarai has booked an increase in full-year profits, boosted by sales of baked goods and poultry. Earnings in the 12 months to the end of December climbed by 26% on the previous year, to SAR1.44bn (US$384m), the ...
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Canadian retailer Sobeys has booked an increase in full-year profits. In the 12 months ended 5 May, net profit was up 2.3% to C$304.1m (US$296.6m). Adjusting for the additional week of operations at Sobeys in fiscal 2011, net earnings ...
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