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...Here’s Goodbody: Cranswick provided a Q1 trading update this morning reporting a strong start to the year with c.19% LFL sales growth (25% inc. acquisitions)....
...Its distribution and expertise made it an attractive partner for Starbucks. But Nestlé has three big problems....
...Steven Spielberg, the most bankable director in Hollywood history, is looking for a new studio home ahead of the looming expiry of his distribution deal with Walt Disney....
...Foodservice continues to see solid growth but the recent strength of Compass shares meant they were being “priced to perfection,” even though the scope to improve profitability was diminishing, it said....
...However, other big fallers included stakes in Energy Future Holdings, the Texas electricity utility formerly called TXU, which dropped by half to $908m, and US Foodservice, the food distribution company,...
...Its portfolio includes, Rexel, the electrical supplies distributor and US Foodservice, the food distribution and deliver company....
...“With adult entertainment, there’s too much content and a different distribution system....
...Traders noted that Carphone had a good relationship with O2, which is tipped to win the UK distribution deal for the Apple iPhone....
...After a 10-year stint at Merrill Lynch Corrado Giovanelli is on the move to Lehman Brothers to head interest rate product distribution for Italy....
...CD&R, which specialises in owning distribution businesses and last month struck a $7bn deal to acquire US Foodservice from Ahold of the Netherlands, could make as much as three times its money from the Brakes...
...Sysco is more than 50 per cent larger than its nearest competitor, US Foodservice, sold by Ahold to KKR and Clayton Dubilier & Rice in May for $7.1bn....
...CD&R’s interest in the food distribution business was first reported by the FT in November....
...CD&R, working with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, this week won the battle to buy Ahold’s US Foodservice unit in a deal worth close to $7bn, while the private equity group has recently agreed to buy ServiceMaster...
...The planned sale of Brakes comes as Ahold, the Dutch food company, is auctioning US Foodservice (USF), for a price thought to be around $5bn-$6bn....
...Clayton Dubilier & Rice is in talks to buy Dutch food retailer Ahold’s US Foodservice (USF) unit in a deal that could value the business at about $5bn....
...Second-quarter net profits soared 60 per cent, led by its US Foodservice distribution arm. Earnings from its US supermarkets also beat expectations....
...Paramount Pictures will serve as Marvel's exclusive marketing and distribution partner for the films. Plans call for two PG-13-rated releases a year starting in summer 2008....
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