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Finsbury FoodAnnouncement

14/02/2018 07:05

RNS Number : 7944E
Finsbury Food Group PLC
14 February 2018
Date:
14 February 2018
On behalf of:
Finsbury Food Group Plc ('Finsbury', 'the Company' or 'the Group')
For immediate release
Finsbury Food Group Plc
Notice of Results
Finsbury Food Group Plc (AIM: FIF), a leading UK speciality bakery manufacturer of cake, bread and morning goods for both the retail and foodservice channels,will announce its Interim Results for the six months ended 30 December 2017, on Monday 19 March 2018.
Analysts wishing to attend the briefing should contact Alma PR on 0203 865 4219 or emailfinsbury@almapr.co.ukto register.
For further information:
Finsbury Food Group www.finsburyfoods.co.uk 029 20 357 500
John Duffy (Chief Executive)
Steve Boyd (Finance Director)
Cenkos Securities
Bobbie Hilliam (Corporate Finance)
Alma PR finsbury@almapr.co.uk 0203 865 4219
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
Sam Modlin
Notes to editors:
 Finsbury Food Group Plc (AIM: FIF) is a leading UK manufacturer of cake and bread bakery goods, supplying a broad range of blue chip customers within both the grocery retail and 'out of home eating' foodservice sectors including major multiples and leading foodservice providers.
 The Company is one of the largest speciality bakery groups in the UK and, with its Overseas division, has sales in the financial year ending 1 July 2017 exceeding 300m.
 The Company's bakery product range is comprehensive and includes:
oLarge premium and celebration cakes.
oSmall snacking cake formats such as cake slices and bites.
oArtisan, healthy lifestyle and organic breads through to rolls, muffins (sweet and savoury) and morning pastries, all of which are available both fresh and frozen dependent on customer channel requirements.
 The Company is one of the largest ambient cake manufacturers in the UK, a market valued at over 944 million (source: Symphony IRI, 52 w/e 6th January 2018). The annual retail bread and morning goods market has a value of 3.8 billion (source: Kantar Worldpanel 52 weeks to 31st December 2017). The UK foodservice bread and morning goods bakery sector is worth approximately 836 million per annum. The UK foodservice cake and sweet treat bakery sector is worth approximately 494 million per annum (UK foodservice data derived from NPD Crest 52 w/e 30thJune 2017).
 The Company comprises a UK Bakery division and an Overseas division:
oThe UK Bakery division has manufacturing sites in Cardiff, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Salisbury, Sheffield and Manchester.
oThe Overseas division comprises the Company's 50% owned company, Lightbody Stretz Ltd, which supplies and distributes the Group's UK-manufactured products and third party products, primarily to Europe.

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