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Tesco Switches To Paper Packaging For Its Finest Dried Pasta Range

UK retailer Tesco has introduced paper packaging for its own-brand dried pasta SKUs under the Finest range.

Morrisons Creates 'Modest Room For Manoeuvre' With Debt Repayment: Analyst

Morrisons has repaid a further £200 million (€239.4 million) worth of debt and extended the group’s term loan facilities from 2027 to 2030...

Guinness Price Hikes Offer Chance For Rivals As Diageo Pushes Zero-Alcohol Beer

Diageo needs its leading stout beer Guinness to keep growing fast and is pushing a zero alcohol alternative. But price hikes are turning off some UK custom...

Moody's Upgrades Marks & Spencer's Ratings, Issues 'Stable' Outlook

Ratings agency Moody's has upgraded Marks & Spencer to a Baa3 long-term issuer rating and changed its outlook on the business to 'stable' from positive...

UK Economy Grows By Just 0.1% In Q3

Britain's economy grew by a slower than expected 0.1% in the third quarter of 2024, official figures showed on Friday.

UK Discounter B&M Reports 2% Rise In First-Half Core Earnings

British discount retailer B&M said it was "well positioned" for the key Christmas quarter as it reported a 2% rise in first-half core earning...

UK Supermarket Sales Slow Down As Consumers Scale Back Spending: Study Finds

Sales at UK supermarkets slowed in the last four weeks to 2 November 2024 as shoppers scaled back their expenditure ahead of Christmas and Black Friday pro...

Irish Private Sector Firms Optimistic About Output Growth, Study Finds

Irish private sector firms were among the most confident about output growth over the next 12 months, according to a new survey by S&P Global Ireland B...