AB Foods 1st Half Adjusted. Operating Profit Soared; Primark to Rise Prices
April 26 2022 - 2:52AM
Dow Jones News
By Sabela Ojea
Associated British Foods PLC reported Tuesday a significant rise
in adjusted operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2022, in
line with views, and said that Primark will rise prices to face
inflationary pressures.
The British conglomerate posted an adjusted operating profit for
the 24 weeks ended March 5 of 706 million pounds ($899.5 million)
compared with GBP368 million for the year-earlier period.
The FTSE 100 listed company's revenue rose to GBP7.88 million
from GBP6.31 billion for the year-earlier period, adding that
Primark sales rose 59% to GBP3.54 billion.
The company said Primark benefited from a strong sales recovery
in U.K. and Ireland, as well as from positive trading across the
U.S. However, it noted that consumer footfall in Continental Europe
remained weak.
"With increasing inflationary pressure and dollar strengthening,
we will implement selective price increases across some of our
autumn/winter stock," it said.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix
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April 26, 2022 02:37 ET (06:37 GMT)
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