Crawshaw back in profits
27th Apr 2010 12:12
Meat focussed retailer Crawshaw returned to profits for the year as exceptional items were not as large as last year. The group also said the current financial year has started well with operating profit for the first 2 months of the year "significantly ahead" of the equivalent period last year. P
Read moreLondon midday: Footsie slides below 5700
27th Apr 2010 12:04
Footsie has given up all of yesterday's gains and more and has dipped below the 5700 level. Barely a dozen of the blue-chip index's constituents are in the blue, with miners featuring prominently among the laggards. Vedanta, Rio Tinto, Kazakhmys and Xstrata are the worst performers in the mining s
Read moreLosses trimmed at Crawshaw
13th Oct 2009 16:20
Butchers chain Crawshaw blamed the poor weather in July and high input prices for a slide in like for like sales in the first half of the year. Boosted by the addition of seven new stores sales for the six months to the end of July rose by almost a third to £9.5m from £7.2m a year earlier, but like
Read moreCrawshaw warns on profits
7th Sep 2009 17:42
Crawshaw, the meat focused retailer, warned that profits for the year to 31 January 2010 will be below expectations but added that the business remains cash generative and profitable. The group said sales in recent weeks have been disappointing across all its units reflecting reduced consumer confi
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