Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
Associated British Foods has reached an agreement to buy the sugar operations of Ebro Puleva, the large Spanish food company, for €385m
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Associated British Foods announced a rise in annual pre-tax profits from £613m to £632m, slightly ahead of expectations, in spite of a £50m impact from...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Two retailers, two very differing fortunes. It was inopportune for Marks and Spencer that Associated British Foods, owner of cut-price clothing retailer Primark, chose...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Discount fashion chain Primark defied the downturn with better than expected annual sales, but owner Associated British Foods warned of flat earnings this year.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Discount fashion chain Primark reports a 4% growth in annual sales, helping profits at parent firm Associated British Foods.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Clothing retailer Primark helped nudge the profits of Associated British food up 4pc this year with shoppers showing a continued appetite for bargain buying as Britain heads for recession.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Associated British Foods , the sugar producer-to-Primark clothing chain operator, said its annual profit to Sept. 13 dropped 3% to 357 million pounds ($562 million), while revenue rose 21% to 8.24 billion pounds. The company said changes to European Union sugar rules limited adjusted operating profit growth to 7% and would have been 18% if the E.U. rules were the same. The...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
PRIMARK owner Associated British Foods posted impressive annual figures to September 13 today. Sales were up 21% at £8.2bn and adjusted pre-tax profits were ahead 3% at £632m.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
PRIMARK owner Associated British Foods posted impressive annual figures to September 13 today. Sales were up 21% at £8.2bn and adjusted pre-tax profits were ahead 3% at £632m.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
News from the UK's big sugar producers - Associated British Foods with full-year figures tomorrow and Tate & Lyle, which is reporting interims on Thursday - coincides...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Associated British Foods said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company to create Stratas Foods, a joint venture for the manufacture, marketing and distribution of packaged oil products in the U.S. and Canada. ABF and ADM will each hold a 50% share in the joint venture. Stratas Foods will serve the foodservice, speciality food ingredient and...
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Crisis talks are planned to try and find a use for one of Kidderminster’s largest empty shops after Littlewoods closed nearly three years ago. It is hoped the owners - Associated British Foods - could be persuaded to open a Primark store. Wyre Forest District Council is currently putting together its new blueprint for the town. [...]
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
A strong fourth quarter from Primark, Associated British Foods' discount fashion chain, will offset weakness in its sugar business and keep it on track to meet...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Shoppers still have enough spare to snap up bargain t-shirts, it emerged yesterday, as Associated British Foods revealed that its value clothes store Primark is prospering despite the slowdown in consumer spending.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
GROWTH at Primark, the discount clothing retailer, will help offset falling sugar profits in the rest of Associated British Foods, the group yesterday said.
