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C&C

Chief Financial Officer appointment

C&C has announced the appointment of Adam Phillips as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Phillips will join the group as CFO and Executive Director, effective April 2026, and brings significant...

AG Barr

Resilient finish to FY26 and constructive tone into FY27

AG Barr delivered a resilient performance, with full year sales growth of 4% (H1: 3%, H2: c.5%), driving a full year outcome broadly in line with consensus expectations and a healthy exit...

Greencore Group

Strong start to FY26

In its first trading statement following the acquisition of Bakkavor, Greencore has delivered a solid update that provides confidence in the execution of its integration and synergy...

Givaudan

FY25: Fragrance growth continues, sluggish finish for Taste & Wellbeing

The key takeaways from Givaudan’s 2025 results include margin softness through the second half of 2025, a weaker-than-expected sales out-turn for Taste & Wellbeing in Q4 and...

Glanbia

Positive setup for 2026 – results due February 25th

2025 was a game of two halves for Glanbia with downward earnings revisions being supplanted by upgrades as we exited the year. The business sits at the intersection of the protein...

Cranswick plc

Solid Q3 performance

Cranswick maintained strong growth momentum in Q3-26, driven by a broad‑based, volume‑led expansion. It now anticipates full-year adjusted profit before tax to be towards the upper...

C&C

Headwinds in Distribution drag down full-year estimates

C&C has issued an ad-hoc trading update – it now expects FY26 EBIT in the range of €70-73m and limited progress expected in FY27. A concertina of headwinds across its Distribution...

Food

Results preview by stock: 2026 modelled to be below algorithm growth

Results season for the Ingredients sector commences with Givaudan on January 29th. The story of 2025 was slowing top-line growth as we exited the year, which is likely to inform the...

Ingredients

Ingredients chartbook: decadal valuation reversal; model updates

2025 was characterised by slowing top-line growth, which led to a further sector de-rating. For 2026, we model organic growth of c.3% for all names with improving momentum expected in...

Treatt plc

FY25 results in line with expectations

Treatt’s FY25 result bookends a difficult year for the group. FY25 results were broadly in line across key operating metrics. We expect operating momentum to improve through 2026,...