Plummeting EU sugar prices will pose "a significant challenge" to Napier Brown – the sugar trading subsidiary of the Real Good Food Company (RGFC) – said its chairman Pieter Totté. Falling EU sugar prices represented a ...
Tags: Sugar, Agriculture, Food
Marks & Spencer's (M&S's) food business delivered a "commendable" performance for the 26 weeks to September 28, according to City analysts M&S's food business delivered 'a commendable performance', said City analyst Shore Capital Shore ...
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Bunnings has once again proved the star performer in the Wesfarmers stable, as the company expressed cautious optimism for the coming year. Announcing Wesfarmers' retail sales results for the first quarter of the 2014 financial year, ...
Meat firm Cranswick has offset rising pig prices to deliver "impressive growth" in the three months to December 31, according to City analysts. Cranswick delivered "impressive growth", despite soaring pig prices Panmure Gordon analyst ...
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Thorntons missed out on the Christmas online shopping boom due to the late deployment of its new website and operational issues that “had a significant impact on sales in the period”, new figures reveal. Thorntons missed out ...
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UK retailer Tesco booked better-than-expected UK sales over the key Christmas trading period as the group benefited from the various initiatives under its domestic turnaround plan. The group has invested in improving its customer ...
Marks and Spencer's share price has taken a hit after the retailer reported worse-than-expected third-quarter sales figures, despite strong demand for food over Christmas. Shares in the UK retailer dropped by around 5% today (10 January) ...
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Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco enjoyed a happier Christmas than Marks and Spencer, with sales up by nearly 2%, compared with sales down by the same amount at M&S. Online food sales were up by 18% on the same period last year. ...
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Marks and Spencer group Plc released its quarter 3 2012/13 interim management statements 13 weeks to 29 DECEMBER 2012 - Group sales +0.6% - Total UK sales +0.3% - Like for like UK sales -1.8% - Multi-channel sales +10.8% - International ...
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Sainsbury's has booked a 3.9% increase in quarterly sales, boosted by the supermarket group's "strongest ever" Christmas trading period. During the three months to 5 February, like-for-like sales increased by 1.5%. The same-store gain ...
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Sainsbury's today (9 January) reported that third-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, came in at 0.9%. While this represents a slow-down from the company's previous 31 consecutive quarters of growth, Sainsbury's was able to ...
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UK bakery and ingredients firm The Real Good Food Co. has booked a drop in half-year profits, despite rising revenues. The sugar-to-dessert company said profit for the six months to end September dipped to GBP1m (US$161.9m), down from ...
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Asda emphasised today (15 November) that it has been able to win over market share as it reported slightly higher third-quarter sales. The UK arm of Wal-Mart said that sales in the three months to 29 September edged up 0.3%. However, the ...
Tags: Market-Share, Christmas trading, multi-channel strategy
UK retailer Marks and Spencer today(6 November)revealed a near-10%drop in first-half profits as sales gains at its food business failed to offset a decline in general merchandise. The company booked first-half pre tax profit of ...
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South African supermarket operator Shoprite Holdings said it was able to report "strong growth" in its first quarter, despite ongoing "depressed market conditions". The company said total sales increased by 15.6% in the three months to ...
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