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PFD
73.25
-0.49 (-0.68%)
ASK PRICE BID PRICE CHANGE
73.25 72.75 -0.49 (-0.68%)
Volume 831,398
Day's high 130.25
Day's low 54.50
Today’s open 72.25
Prev Close 73.75
   

Index: FTSE 250 & FTSE All-Share

Sector: Food Producers & Processors

  • Company URL: http://www.premierfoods.co.uk
  • Company Profile: With origins in canned foods, Premier Foods began to take shape in the 1980s, though the group really took off when it became part of the US buyout firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Floated in July 2004, the food manufacturer is known for a number of brands such as Branston, Lloyd Grossman sauces, and Typhoo tea.

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TRADE QTY. PRICE DATE
BUY 27,247 73p 17/05/13 13:05
BUY (auto) 300 73.75p 06/05/13 07:15
SELL 10,000 73.75p 01/05/13 11:36
BUY 3,980 74.75p 01/05/13 11:35
BUY 5,963 72.5p 30/04/13 12:05

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News & Reports referencing PFD

Thursday newspaper round-up: Premier Foods, Lloyds, JPMorgan...

The Guardian says: "Premier Foods, the firm behind Bisto, Hovis and Mr Kipling, is sitting on a pensions timebomb that risks wiping up to a quarter off the value of retirement savings of 60,000 past and present workers if the debt-laden food manufacturer were to slip into insolvency, according to a leading pensions expert." Nevertheless, the company has stressed that bankruptcy remains highly unlikely.

3 weeks ago

Premier Foods first quarter sales up one per cent

Hovis bread and Mr Kipling cakes maker Premier Foods said first quarter sales, excluding Milling, increased one per cent as it sticks to full year guidance.

4 weeks ago

Sunday share tips: Premier Foods, Halfords, Prezzo

Recently resigned Premier Foods Chief Executive Michael Clarke has left a smell of 'spoilt food' behind him after his 18-month tenure. While he did push through a vital restructuring he left the job half done. In fact, the company's very existence is still in question. Its deficit is expected to double when it finishes its triennial pension valuation, to which one must add 900m pounds in debt. Indeed, Premier needs to sell more businesses, or raise cash in a rights issue, or both, writes The Times's Tempus.

4 weeks ago

Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

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6 weeks ago

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By Brenda Kelly

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By Oliver Haill

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