REG - Finsbury Food Group - Notice of Results

Finsbury FoodAnnouncement

30/08/2018 07:05

RNS Number : 1986Z
Finsbury Food Group PLC
30 August 2018
 





Date:


30 August 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 Preliminary Results for the year ended 1 July 2018, on Monday 17 September 2018.
Analysts wishing to attend the briefing should contact Alma PR on 0208 004 4217 or email finsbury@almapr.co.uk to 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
Max Hartley (Corporate Finance)
Alma PR                                          finsbury@almapr.co.uk                        0208 004 4217
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:
o Large premium and celebration cakes.
o Small snacking cake formats such as cake slices and bites.
o Artisan, 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 30th June 2017). 
·     The Company comprises a UK Bakery division and an Overseas division:
o The UK Bakery division has manufacturing sites in Cardiff, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Salisbury, Sheffield and Manchester.
o The 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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