All Finance articles – Page 73
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NewsSainsbury’s bucks Big Four downward trend
Sainsbury’s was the only Big Four supermarket to show growth for the 12 weeks to 6 December 2015, up 1.2% to achieve a market share of 16.7%.
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NewsMacphie doubles profit in bullish year
Macphie, the Scottish-based bakery and food ingredients manufacturer, has seen profits and sales increase off the back of weaker dairy prices.
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NewsLondon bakery goes cashless
Sweet Things will be the first London eatery not to accept cash payments when it opens in Notting Hill on 4 January.
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NewsAustralia franchise café firm reveals UK expansion plans
Jamaica Blue plans to open four new cafés in ‘affluent’ areas of the UK in 2016.
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Product NewsKingsmill loaves back on Tesco shelves
Tesco has relisted several of Kingsmill’s core branded bread loaves, nine months after they were cut as part of supermarket’s ‘Project Reset’ simplification of its SKUs.
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NewsDouble-digit revenue growth for The Bread Factory
The Bread Factory has reported another year of double-digit growth, with revenue up 25% from £36.1m to £45.1m.
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NewsRGF buys sports supplements brand
Real Good Food (RGF), the food ingredients and bakery supplier, has bought ISO2 Nutrition, the sports supplements brand, for a nominal amount.
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NewsCosta Coffee reports Q3 sales growth
Costa Coffee, the Whitbread-owned café chain, has posted UK like-for-like (LFL) sales growth of 2.5% for the 13 weeks to 26 November 2015.
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Product NewsWarburtons finalises five-year wheat contracts
Warburtons, the bakery giant, has today announced the finalising of new wheat-growing contracts with more than 300 British farmers.
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Whitbread announces new non-executive director
Whitbread, the group that owns Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, has appointed Chris Kennedy as a non-executive director.
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NewsCosta launches Fresco
Costa Coffee has launched a new concept which focuses on food-to-go sales.
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NewsFDF president pledges to treble apprenticeships
Fiona Kendrick has announced a pledge to treble apprenticeships in the food and drink industry and grow value-added exports a third by 2020.
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NewsIndependent bakers missing out on Bake Off opportunity
High street bakery outlets are failing to cash in on a surge in consumption of sweet-tasting bakery and dessert products, in a trend driven by The Great British Bake Off.
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NewsBrains gains £85m to expand Coffee#1 chain
Drinks and hospitality firm Brains has been given an £85m funding packing to help accelerate the roll-out of its coffee chain business Coffee#1.
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NewsCaffè Nero acquires London sites
Caffè Nero, the high-street coffee chain, has acquired three London sites from struggling café business Harris + Hoole.
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NewsEdme appoints new sales director
The malted ingredients producer Edme has announced that Michael Carr is to be its new sales director.
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NewsAryzta enjoys Q1 revenue growth
Aryzta, the Irish-Swiss bakery group, has reported a 6.1% rise in revenue to €995m (£701m) for the three months to 31 October.
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Product NewsMPs back sugar tax, but industry fights back
A group of MPs has thrown its weight behind a proposed tax on sugary drinks to battle child obesity – along with other measures.
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NewsAnother record year for Patisserie Holdings
Patisserie Holdings, the company behind a host of high street chains, has delivered another “record” year after its underlying profit increased by 22% to £18.8m.
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Product NewsCountry Style buys up former bagel firm’s assets
Country Style Foods has acquired the assets of the recently collapsed Ixxy’s Bagels for an undisclosed sum.