Tuesday, April 24, 2007

AB Foods H1 up, Primark and sugar to drive H2

(Reuters) - LONDON, April 24 - Associated British Foods Plc , owner of Primark discount clothes stores and the Silver Spoon sugar refiner, posted a 5 percent rise in half-year profit on Tuesday and forecast further growth in its second half.

The London-based food and retailing group, 55 percent owned by the family of its Chief Executive George Weston, reported adjusted pretax profit of 268 million pounds


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