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Marks & Spencer Third-Quarter Results – What The Analysts Said

Marks & Spencer has posted a 0.2% increase in like-for-like sales in the third quarter of its financial year, with its Food operations seeing 1.4%...

Waitrose & Partners Sees Sales Up Marginally Over Christmas

Upmarket UK grocer Waitrose & Partners has posted a 0.4% increase in like-for-like sales in the seven weeks to 4 January. Gross sales at the bus...

Morrisons Trading Update – What The Analysts Said

Morrisons has posted a 1.7% decease in group like-for-like sales in the 22 weeks to 5 January, a period that includes both its third quarter and the nine-w...

Unilever CEO Likely To Look To Reshape FMCG Giant's Brand Portfolio, Says Analyst

Unilever chief executive Alan Jope will likely look to 'reshape' the group's portfolio in order to put its sales growth back on track, a leading industry a...

Major Food Brands Quick To Embrace On-Trend Categories In 2019: GlobalData

This year saw major international food brands quick off the mark to snap up, or invest in, smaller companies operating in fast-growing categories, accordin...

China's Mengniu To Acquire Infant Formula Maker Bellamy's

Chinese dairy giant Mengniu has announced the acquisition of Bellamy's Australia Ltd, an organic infant formula maker, for A$1.5 billion (€920 million...

Shopping For Votes: Who Shoppers At The UK's Main Supermarkets Are Backing

The UK holds a General Election this Thursday (12 December), in what has been widely described as the 'Brexit election' – determining whether the cou...

Brands Rowing In Behind D2C Can Benefit From Premiumisation, Says Analyst

The direct-to-consumer (D2C) channel offers food manufacturers the opportunity to develop personalised, premium products, a leading retail analyst has said...