Down The Aisle... Booker Lowers Prices
Booker, Soft drinks with a high caffeine, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Premier Foods, The cost of nuts, Unilever, Cocoa prices, Kimberly-Clark, Phillip Morris
Booker, the UK's leading food and drink wholesaler, has lowered the
price on a range of "category leading" grocery products. Read more
Soft drinks with a high caffeine content will be expected to carry a
warning that they are not suitable for children, pregnant women, or
people sensitive to caffeine, under a new industry code of practice. Read more
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc,
the largest bottler of Coca-Cola Co
beverages,
reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its
full-year forecast, helped by growth in European markets. Read more
Premier Foods, owner of brands including
Hovis, Quorn, Hartleys and Sharwoods, has posted a 5.1% fall in group
sales for the first three months of the year, but says its brand market
shares are continuing to increase in a challenging environment. Read more
The cost of nuts is expected to increase significantly at
supermarkets after a
rise in wholesale prices. Read more
Unilever has confirmed long-running speculation that it is looking to
sell its frozen food business in Italy. Read more
Cocoa prices surged to their highest
level in three months and were fast approaching a
33-year peak as the improved outlook for confectioners’ buoyed
sentiment. Read more
Kimberly-Clark has said cost were up and sales rose by 7.6%. Read more
Phillip Morris topped expectations by posting high total revenues. Read more
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