The Hershey Company has agreed to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for about $1.6bn to boost its position in the snacking aisle and expand its portfolio of savory snacking brands. The transaction amount also includes around $600m of net debt ...
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Amplify Snack Brands announced it has strengthened the Company’s executive leadership team by appointing Mike DeGrace as senior vice president of sales for North American region. Mr. DeGrace joins Amplify with over 30 years of ...
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Irish firm Cup Print has installed a new packaging machine at its facility in Ennis, Co Clare to produce the Frugalpac paper coffee cup. The facility currently produces 150m cups per year for customers including Mars, Kraft and Bunzl. ...
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Ennis reported financial results for the three and six months ended 31 August 2016. Highlights include: Gross profit margin on continuing operations increased slightly from 29.5% to 29.6% on a sequential quarter basis.Diluted earnings ...
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With over five million people in the UK staying up to catch a glimpse of this year's sporting activities at the Rio Olympics, Generation Media's Sangita Sivanesan takes a look at how the event has effected kids' TV viewing. “Viva ...
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US snacks firm Amplify Snack Brands has completed the acquisition of UK-based potato crisps producer Tyrrells from private equity firm Investcorp. The completion resulted in Tyrrells becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amplify. For ...
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European Indoor Champion and Olympic 2016 hopeful heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson has pledged her support to Slumberland’s Healthy Sleep Campaign. She made her international debut In London 2012 competing alongside Jessica ...
SkinnyPop Popcorn has acquired the Paqui brand of better-for-you tortilla chips and tortillas for an undisclosed amount. Paqui sells tortillas and tortilla chips that are claimed to be made with unbleached, untreated flour, or by stone ...
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Apparel marketer and NYSE listed Ennis, Inc reported a 7.6 per cent year on year hike in sales for the three months ended November 30, 2014. Third quarter of 2014 sales totaled $147.0 million, up 7.6 per cent from a year earlier quarter. ...
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TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced a partnership with SkinnyPop Popcorn LLC founders Pam Netzky and Andy Friedman and food entrepreneur Jason Cohen to further build the brand and support continued ...
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Ennis, Inc. reported financial results for the three and six months ended November 30, 2013. Highlights for the quarter include: - Consolidated gross profit margin increased 400 basis points for the quarter and 430 basis points for the ...
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Lowe Alpine, manufacturer of innovative backpacks and apparel is pleased to announce the addition of Redline Sports Group to their small and enthusiastic sales team. The move helps to further consolidate the sales force of Lowe Alpine and ...
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The study included 202 women who underwent primary breast augmentation surgery in Stockholm, Sweden, and is one of the first to gauge the effectiveness of the VECTRA 3-D system from the patient's perspective. "This study confirms what ...
Ennis, reported financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2013. Highlights for the quarter include Consolidated gross profit margin increased 610 basis points -Print gross profit margin increased 180 basis points -Apparel ...
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The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it's used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots -- eventually. On Wednesday, the Wi-Fi Alliance started certifying ...
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