February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Australian-based dairy businesses have coped differently with 'difficult' market conditions Food and beverage company Lion has announced its Dairy and Drinks business experienced “significant ...
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The mother and baby specialist retailer has hired Lazard to advise on'cut-price'sale of pre-school business Mothercare is in discussions to sell its pre-school toys and products business,Early Learninag Centre. The mother and ...
HONG KONG, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department (CSD) released the external merchandise trade statistics Monday, according to which the value of total exports of goods rose by 3.6 percent in 2013 over 2012, and ...
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The packaging manufacturing giant gained market share and benefited from the acquisition of Swedish packaging business SCA last year. Pretax profit rose to £85m, up from £55.8m in 2012, while revenue increased from ...
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company has announced statement for the period from 1 July 2013 stating an increase in overall global volumes in beverage cans up by 3% in Q3. Improved volume growth in Western Europe over the summer ...
Tags: Beverage Cans, Packaging
After the December contract had closed lower in 19 out of 23 sessions between October 4 and November 5, losing over 1200 points in the process, a bounce was long overdue. However, even though it felt good to finally see the market up on ...
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Australian businesses are failing to pay their bills on time more often than not, with 60 per cent of invoices settled beyond the standard 30-day payment period. Dun & Bradstreet ' s latest Trade Payments Analysis shows that this high ...
SABMiller plc today provides an update on trading during the six months ended 30 September 2013. The calculation of the organic growth rates excludes the impact of acquisitions and disposals on net producer revenue and volumes. Alan ...
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Fonterra has posted NZ$736m ($608m) in net earnings for the full-year 2013, an 18% increase compared with NZ$624m in 2012, despite a drought which resulted in lower milk production in Australia. The co-operative cited strong demand in ...
On a recent visit to Karachi, Pakistan, the International Cotton Association (ICA) delivered its two new training workshops to 66 local cotton professionals. ‘Agent Training’ and ‘Cotton Contracting and ICA Bylaws & ...
UK-based Dairy Crest has confirmed plans to expand its milk processing plant at Davidstow, Cornwall, with an investment of £45m. The company plans to use the whey generated during the production of cheese at the Davidstow creamery ...
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Egypt s Suez Cement has reported a 7% increase in sales for the first half of 2012 despite a difficult trading environment which saw frequent energy shortages and major price increases. The company said that the uncertainty of energy ...
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New Look Retail Group Limited announces results for the first quarter for the 13 weeks ending 29 June 2013. Highlights: - Group Sales +4.9% - Group Like-for-Likes +0.3% - New Look Brand Like-for-Likes +1.0% - Online Sales +78.7% ...
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The beverage can specialist today posted a 1% year-on-year increase in sales for the first half of 2013, at £1.97bn, while pre-tax profit slipped 2% to £169m. The London-based group said that global growth in beverage can ...
Tags: beverage, Agriculture, Food
Thorntons chief executive Jonathan Hart expects further growth from supermarket sales in the coming year, he told FoodManufacture.co.uk, after the company posted strong fourth quarter growth in the division including that area. ...
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