Greencore

Combination will create leading convenience food business in the UK with £4bn revenues

Business welcomes reforms but warn that time for talking is now over with a need to see consistent commitment to implementation

Banking shares lead the retreat in Europe while concerns about the sustainability of the market’s AI-driven rally emerge

Food group beats overall grocery market growth

Bristol facility makes chilled sauces and soups and accounts for 1% of the £4bn sales of planned combined group

The concerned area amounts to less than 1 per cent of the combined revenue of the two firms

Rising sandwiches and sushi sales drove revenue growth at the Dublin-headquartered food group

Top 1000 Companies: Emmet Ryan asked some of the winners of The Irish Times Business Person of the Month from the past year to share their insights on five key questions that will impact the Irish economy in the period ahead

Shares in the Dublin-based food group soared on the back of a stronger-than-expected trading update

US tariff concerns weighed somewhat on activity levels, according to Davy report

Dublin-based firm’s shares jump more than 11%

Competition and Markets Authority invites comments on deal by July 22nd as part of a phase one inquiry into transaction

Dublin-based sandwich maker upgrades profit forecast

Ornua’s signature butter product is on average 50% more expensive than United States rivals

Agreement in principle to buy Bakkavor marks a major departure in ambition for the Dublin-based sandwich and ready-meal maker

Iseq All-Share index manages to end session 0.2 slightly higher

Deal would value company at £1.2bn, with combined revenues of £4bn, if approved by regulators

New customer wins help maintain strong revenue growth

Irish sandwich maker had previous offer for UK firm rejected

Irish food company approached Bakkavor in recent weeks to explore tie-up

Three-storey residence of high-profile business figure stretches to of 448sq m, thus offering plenty of scope to extend

Shares in Dublin-based sandwich maker have almost doubled in value this year

It was a challenging year for some listed companies and a record year for CEO departures

Sandwich maker’s results top its own forecasts

Full amount of shares at Irish sandwich maker currently out on short bets is close to £15 million

In October, Irish convenience foods group upgraded its full year financial forecasts for a third time this year

Shares in UK’s largest sandwich maker rose as much as 9 per cent in early trading

Iseq index shed 0.6% despite relief for Ryanair

Convenience food group said it expects full-year adjusted operating profit to be in a range of £88m-£90m

Bolivia has huge reserves of lithium, an area of interest for the John Teeling-founded Irish company

Bacteria was not found in products but Dublin-listed company took ‘precautionary measure’

FTSE-listed food group’s share price has been dropping of late despite the CEO’s purchase of 40,000 shares

Post-Covid management team trying to turn business around, addressing loss-making facilities and need for investment

Dublin-based company attributed a dip in revenue to its decision to exit a number of low-margin contracts in 2023

Ryanair lagged behind its peers as it dropped 40 basis points following comments last week on the pricing of fares

Shares at the sandwich maker rallied 63% in London over the past 12 months but remain 60% below 2016 peak

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After four years of ‘carnage’, Dalton Philips is rebuilding profitability at convenience group Greencore and hoping to set it back on a path to growth

Group has exited a number of contracts with ‘sub-optimal returns’

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