Week Ahead: Compass Group, Dairy Crest, Tate & Lyle

26th Mar 2010 11:49

A number of food companies are bringing out figures next week which, coincidentally, is the last week of Lent, a period in which many Christians traditionally forgo rich foods.Pizza delivery firm Domino's Pizza, dairy firms Robert Wiseman and Dairy Crest, caterer Compass Group, M&S food supplier Northern Foods, sugar and sweeteners group Tate & Lyle and meatpacker Hilton Food are all on the menu.Compass Group releases its pre-close trading update on the last day of the month and the market will be looking to see whether the company's organic growth has made the transition from not declining so sharply to actually improving on a year on year comparative basis.The group said in February that organic revenue improved from a decline of approximately 3% in the fourth quarter of 2009, to a decline of 1.7% in the first quarter of this year, with all four of its geographic regions ahead quarter on quarter.Dairy Crest is probably best known for its Cathedral cheese and Country Life butter but it is also a major milk supplier. Broker Panmure Gordon is expecting revenue growth from Dairy Crest's five key brands to offset a tail-off in the dairies business. 'We forecast a 5% decline in revenues to £1,633m, but a 4.4% improvement in group PBT [profit before tax] to £83.0m,' Panmure Gordon said.Monday March 29INTERIMSBowLevenINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEMountview Estate, Quayle MunroQUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATEYamana Gold IncINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPersonal Income (US) (13:30)Personal Spending (US) (13:30)GMSEurovestechFINALSAfren, Archial Group, Dana Petroleum, Depa Limited GDR (Reg S), Lamprell, PowerFilm (Reg S)ANNUAL REPORTGoldenport, Henderson High Income TrustSPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEFidessaEGMSKenmare Resources, Petrofac LtdAGMSCenkos Securities, Chromex Mining, Creat Resources Holdings Limited, European Nickel, Minoan Group, Pinnacle Telecom Group, Temple Bar Inv Trust, XP PowerTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSGoldenportFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEFidessaTuesday March 30INTERIMSNanoco GroupINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEFairpoint Group, Haynes Publishing Group, Keystone Inv TrustQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEFrontlineINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSConsumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)Consumer Confidence (US) (15:00)Industrial Production (JPN) (05:30)PMI Retail (EU) (09:00)PMI Retail (GER) (08:55)FINALSAer Lingus Group, Asterand, Bloomsbury Publishing, IFG Group, JKX Oil & Gas, JSC VTB Bank GDR (Reg S), Kazakhmys, McInerney Holdings, Proximagen Neuroscience, Public Power GDR (Reg S), Robotic Technology, Rugby Estates Investment Trust, Symphony Environmental Technologies, Toumaz Holdings LimitedANNUAL REPORTCobham, Macfarlane Group, Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen GDR (Reg S), RPS GroupIMSSDomino's Pizza UK & IRLAGMSAegon , Blue Star Capital, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Electrolux AB, Kumho GDR, Mobile Doctors Group, Phytopharm, RCM Technology Trust, United Bank GDR (Reg S)TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSBabcock International Group, Cobham, Future, Macfarlane Group, Robert Wiseman, RPS GroupUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBalance of Payments (09:30)Current Account (09:30)GDP (quarterly national accounts) (09:30)PMI Retail (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBeazley Group, Caledonia InvestmentsWednesday March 31INTERIMSDavenham, James HalsteadINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBrooks Macdonald, Cash Converters, Centaur Media, Galliford Try, Gartmore Fledgling Trust, Hansard Global, HGCapital Trust, James Halstead, Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust, LSL Property Services, Maxima Holdings, Northamber, Numis Corporation, Renishaw, Share Plc, Sportingbet, Thorntons, Tristel, Waterman Group, Welsh Industrial Inv Trust, Wilmington GroupINTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATEHenderson EuroTrust, Manchester & London Trust, Smiths GroupQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEPremier Energy & Water TrustQUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATEAfrica Opportunity Fund Ltd., Quorum Oil and Gas Technology Fund Ltd., Torchmark CorpINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBusiness Inventories (US) (15:00)Chicago PMI (US) (14:45)Factory Orders (US) (15:00)Retail Sales (AUS) (00:00)Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)GMS1pmFINALSChesnara, CSS Stellar, Eastern Platinum, Evraz Group GDR (Reg S), Hilton Food, Lincat Group, Motivcom, OJSC Cherkizovo GDR (Reg S), Phoenix Group Holdings, Pinewood-Shepperton, Surgical Innovations, Valiant Petroleum, Zhaikmunai GDR (Reg S)ANNUAL REPORTAmec, Carillion, CRH, F&C Inv Trust, Forth Ports, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Mercator Gold, New World ResourcesSPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEFidelity European Values, Gleeson (M J) Group, Premier Energy & Water TrustEGMSLecico Egypt GDR (Reg S), Personal Assets TrustAGMSAmino Technologies, Clerkenwell Ventures, IRF European Finance Investments, Law Debenture Corp., Lecico Egypt GDR (Reg S), Lonrho, Moneysupermarket.com, Octopus Titan VCT 1, Octopus Titan VCT 2, Signet Global Fixed Income Strategies GBP Shares, Specialist Energy Group, Turkiye is Bankasi GDR (Reg S), West China Cement, Western & OrientalTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSCarillion, Compass Group, CRH, Dairy Crest Group, Enterprise Inns, FirstGroup, Hyder Consulting, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, New World Resources, Northern Foods, Sutton Harbour, Tate & Lyle, Topps TilesFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAlphameric, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Dunedin Enterprise Inv Trust, Holders Technology, Hunting, Jersey Electricity 'A', Low & Bonar, LSL Property Services, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Trust, Rathbone Brothers, Rights & Issue Inv Trust Capital Shares, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares, SThree, Temple Bar Inv TrustFINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATECommunisis, Eurasian Natural Resources, Rank Group, SEGROThursday April 01INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAbcam, AI Claims Solutions, Alternative Networks, Alumasc Group, Ashmore Group, Begbies Traynor Group, BlueBay Asset Management, BrainJuicer Group, Colefax Group, Craneware, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Dunelm Group, Go-Ahead Group, Hays, Kesa Electricals, London Finance & Investment Group, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Plexus, PZ Cussons, Ricardo Group, St Ives, Thorpe (F.W.)QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEAlpha Pyrenees Trust Ltd.INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBalance of Trade (AUS) (00:00)ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)PMI Manufacturing(EU) (09:00)PMI Manufacturing(GER) (08:55)GMSBerkeley Resources, Care UK, Hansteen Holdings, Welsh Industrial Inv TrustFINALSDillistone, PrezzoANNUAL REPORTIMI, Logica, SavillsSPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAdmiral Group, Alternative Networks, Independent Inv Trust, JD Wetherspoon, Moneysupermarket.comAGMSBluehone AIM VCT 2, Telecity GroupTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSBooker Group, Hamworthy, IMI, MothercareUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Manufacturing (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAll Leisure Group, Braime Ord, CareTech Holding, Cenkos Securities, Charter European Trust, Chemring Group, Computacenter, Dillistone, Domino Printing, First Property Group, Future, Greencore Group, Hansteen Holdings, IDOX, Independent Inv Trust, JD Wetherspoon, Law Debenture Corp., Microgen, Moneysupermarket.com, Monks Inv Trust, Morgan Sindall, Rio Tinto, RIT Capital Partners, Shore Capital, TF & JH Braime, TUI Travel, XP PowerFriday April 02QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATESchlumbergerINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSNon-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)Producer Price Index(US) (13:30)Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATESafestore