Cadbury joins rivals in warning of poor summer drinks sales
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Cadbury Schweppes, the confectionery to soft drinks group, followed rivals such as Unilever and Coca-Cola yesterday in admitting the poor summer had taken its toll on its sales, knocking its shares.
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Entrepreneur Philip Green, who pursued Marks &amp; Spencer last summer, will have another chance to bid for the struggling retailer &#151; but analysts say the poor performance of the iconic company might dissuade him from being tempted again.
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Cadbury Schweppes said Tuesday it planned to slash 15 percent of its workforce at its confectionery arm following the likely sale of its US soft drinks business.
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Cadbury Schweppes, the world's largest confectionery group, was facing a second prosecution on Friday as it is set to appear in a UK court charged by a local council with selling unsafe chocolate.
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Cadbury Schweppes Plc, the maker of 7Up and Dr Pepper, said 2004 earnings will be at the low end of forecasts as demand in the US and Europe stagnates, days after Coca-Cola Co.
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Business & money: 11 factories to close despite three years of cost-cutting drive at Cadbury Schweppes.
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Marks &amp; Spencer experienced poor summer trading and is expected to announce terms for its Â£2.3bn tender offer substantially below the 400p per share that billionaire Philip Green was prepared to pay to take over the ailing retailer two months ago.
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Coca-Cola warned that its earnings will fall short of forecasts, pointing to competition in North America and poor weather in Europe.
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Britain&#39;s Cadbury Schweppes Plc   rejected a private equity bid for its North American drinks  unit over the terms rather than price after it was asked to  finance a third of the deal, industry sources said on Friday.
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Canadian beer giant Molson Inc. warned that poor summer sales will force it to fall short of guidance, but declined to offer specifics before it issues second-quarter results at the end of October.
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Having watched sales of light beer and diet soda go through the roof, Bacardi Global Brands wants a piece of the lucrative market for low-calorie beverages.
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Confectionery and soft drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes has said that net profit jumped 50 percent in 2006 to 1.165 billion pounds following the sale of its Europe Beverages business.
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Cadbury Schweppes, the world's biggest maker of sweets and chocolate, said on Tuesday that net profits plunged by 65 percent last year when results were skewed by the 2006 sale of its Europe Beverages unit.
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The world&#39;s largest soft drink maker, Coca Cola, has lowered its sales targets. The news, coming from the company&#39;s new CEO, Neville Isdell, is the latest gloomy forecast from the beverage giant.
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Associated British Foods warns that prices of brands that include Kingsmill and Allinson will have to rise again.
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PUBS group JD Wetherspoon today said a sales slowdown in the second half had taken the fizz out of its annual profits. The city centre pub and bar operator, which runs around 650 outlets including The Standing