Finsbury Food Group PLC Purchase of Freehold Property (3076G)
March 01 2018 - 1:00AM
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RNS Number : 3076G
Finsbury Food Group PLC
01 March 2018
Date: 1 March 2018
On behalf Finsbury Food Group Plc ('Finsbury',
of: 'the Company' or 'the Group')
Embargoed 0700hrs
until:
Finsbury Food Group Plc
Purchase of Freehold Property
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, is pleased to announce that it has
purchased the freehold property of its Lightbody factory in
Hamilton, Scotland. The property covers c. 133,000 square feet and
has been occupied by the Group for over 15 years.
The total purchase price is expected to be c. GBP2.6 million,
including costs, and will be financed from existing cash resources
available to the Group.
Following the purchase, the Group will own the freehold of the
whole facility in Hamilton, plus both of its other major sites, in
Cardiff and Sheffield.
For further information:
Finsbury Food Group
John Duffy (Chief
Executive)
Steve Boyd (Finance
Director) www.finsburyfoods.co.uk 029 20 357 500
Cenkos Securities
Bobbie Hilliam (Corporate
Finance)
Alma PR
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
Sam Modlin finsbury@almapr.co.uk 0203 865 4219
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 GBP300m.
-- 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 GBP944 million (source: Symphony
IRI, 52 w/e 6th January 2018). The annual retail bread and morning
goods market has a value of GBP3.8 billion (source: Kantar
Worldpanel 52 weeks to 31st December 2017). The UK foodservice
bread and morning goods bakery sector is worth approximately GBP836
million per annum. The UK foodservice cake and sweet treat bakery
sector is worth approximately GBP494 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.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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