In a year when the group fended off a $143bn takeover bid from US rival Kraft Heinz, underlying sales grew by 3.1% with recorded gains in both prices and volumes.
The decision from two of the UK’s leading trade associations to poll resources has been made to create a “strong single voice” for the sector and create a ‘powerful platform for change’, according
The group has predicted that its effective tax rate will reduce to 24% from 26.5% while its cash tax rate is projected to be between 19% and 22% in the year to the end of September 2018.
According to the Greater London Authority’s ‘Preparing for Brexit’ report, nearly a quarter of all jobs in the sector in the UK are carried out by people from the rest of the EU, with this number
Brand and business consultants, Brand Finance, calculated that a ‘brand ban’ akin to that seen imposed on tobacco would cost eight major brand-owning companies a total of $187bn.
It is the second year in succession that the maker of the Mr Kipling, Ambrosia and Angel Delight brands has won the prize.
Fourth, CGA and Prestige Purchasing announced at the Tackling Food Prices Increases Briefing yesterday that they would be pulling their resources together to provide customers with benchmarking of
Total sales for the group over the last 24 weeks was £2.59 billion, up 2.5% against the same period last year. A 7.5% rise in non-tobacco sales helped offset a 9% fall in the sale of tobacco.
The travel location food and drink operator expects revenue for the period to increase by 14.8%, lfl to grow by approximately 3% and net contract gains to increase by 8.5% compared with the same pe
Booker, which agreed a multi-billion pound takeover by Tesco in January this year, saw its results strenghed by sales figures in catering and retail supply, with the group's non-tobacco sales up 5.