US baker Flowers Foods has reported a slight lift in third-quarter earnings, which were boosted by "solid" sales gains. In a regulatory filing yesterday (8 November) the company said net income rose to US$31.2m in the three months to 6 ...
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Boparan Holdings, the parent company of UK firm 2 Sisters Food Group, has moved into the black in its last financial year when its sales grew ahead of the market. The business booked a profit of GBP42.5m for the 12 months to 28 July, ...
Tags: FY profit, LFL sales, frozen business
Russian retailer Magnit has booked an increase in profit in the first nine months of the year, boosted by a high pace of new store openings and a focus on low prices. In the nine months to the end of September, net income soared 140.6% to ...
Swiss food ingredients group Givaudan has booked an increase in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, net profit increased 67.5% to CHF201m (US$207.9m). Operating profit amounted to CHF295m, a 27.7% increase on the ...
Tags: food ingredients, flavours, fragrances, net profit
Brazilian meat giant Marfrig has returned to profit in the third quarter of the year. In the three-month period, net income amounted to BRL$10.4m (US$5.1bn), reversing a net loss of BRL$540m recorded a year ago. Marfrig put the ...
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Earning NT$5.14 per share in after-tax net income in the Jan.-Nov.period of 2012,Taiwan Mobile Corp.led its Taiwanese peers in the telecom-service industry. In the meantime,Chunghwa Telecom Co.,Ltd.netted NT$4.95 per share while Far ...
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Russian retailer Dixy has booked an increase in profit in the third quarter of the year. Earnings in the three months to the end of September amounted to US$8.7m, a 7.2% increase on the prior year period. Operating profit climbed 1.4% ...
Tags: Net profit, Operating profit, Net sales
London-listed Ukrainian dairy firm Ukrproduct has forecast "improved" half-year profits. Ukrproduct said lower prices for raw milk, higher sales of cheese and the decision to start selling traditional fermented beverage kvass helped the ...
Tags: Profit Improvement, raw milk, cheese revenues, margin outlook
Dole Food Co. has reported a smaller third-quarter loss - but its shares fell after Wall Street forecast a profit. The produce group booked a net loss of US$13.9m, or a loss per share of $0.06 for the quarter to 6 October. However, ...
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Spanish discount retailer Dia has recorded an increase in first-half profit, boosted by a "good business performance" in Iberia, Argentina and Brazil. Net earnings in the six-month period amounted to EUR61.7m (US$75.8m), an 18.5% increase ...
Tags: Net profits, Sales increase, net sales
Shares in Belgian retailer Colruyt fell today (3 December) after the company's half-year core profits missed analyst forecasts. Colruyt booked EBITDA of EUR322.2m (US$420.9m) for the six months to the end of September on Friday, up 1.6% ...
Tags: EBITDA, gross margin, market share
Belgium-based Ter Beke has reported a sharp drop in half-year profits, due to higher raw material costs and one-off charges. For the six months to the end of June, the meat and ready meals group said net profit sank by 31% on the same ...
Tags: Net sales, EBITDA, net profit
Singapore-based consumer and B2B chocolate and cocoa group Petra Foods has booked an increase in half-year profits despite lower sales. A strong performance from Petra Foods' consumer brands offset a fall in sales and earnings from cocoa ...
Shares in Kettle Chips owner Diamond Foods tumbled today(10 December),the first day of trading after the US snack group reported a fourth-quarter loss. Diamond's stock was down almost 9%today after the company booked a loss of US$32.9m ...
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Clearwater Seafoods has said large a debt settlement and refinancing charge helped sink earnings in its fiscal first-half. In the six months to the end of June, the company made a net loss of C$5.4m (US$5.4m) compared to earnings of ...
Tags: debt settlement, fiscal first-half, net loss