Food & Beverage

Cadbury rejects takeover offer

3:39 p.m. Mon 09 Nov 2009

Kraft has, as expected, made a hostile offer for Cadbury. The 717p cash and shares offer is a significant premium …

Tate & Lyle H1 results

10:24 a.m. Fri 06 Nov 2009

Tate & Lyle’s H1 results have largely been driven by commodities prices (sugar prices have been very high, while corn …

Unilever Q3 results

11:07 a.m. Thu 05 Nov 2009

Unilever’s good organic growth in the third quarter was largely driven by good performance in emerging markets. Organic growth …

Kraft Q3 and Cadbury

4:44 a.m. Wed 04 Nov 2009

Kraft’s slightly disappointing results yesterday, and the subsequent 3% decline in the share price does not materially affect the …

ABF annual results: good growth, some sustainable

9:17 a.m. Tue 03 Nov 2009

Associated British Foods’ 2009 results (the company has a September year end) showed it continued its growth with revenues up …

Northern Foods: organic growth

9:34 a.m. Wed 15 Jul 2009

The food and beverages sector continues to produce good news, with Northern Foods’ “like-for-like” (organic at constant currency excluding discontinued …

Associated British Foods: revenues up

7:59 a.m. Thu 09 Jul 2009

Associated British Foods’ trading statement emphasized revenue growth but the headline number of 19% is something of an overstatement of …