date:Mar 26, 2014
Finsbury Food Group, the UK manufacturer of cake and speciality bread, has reported a 5% increase in operating profit to 2.6 million on revenue from continuing operations down 1.8% to 86.6 million for the six months ended 28 December 2013.
Profit before tax from continuing operations rose 50.6% to 2.1 million. Finsbury sold its Free From business in the prior financial year, on 27 February 2013 for a total value of approximately 21 million to focus on its core bakery business.
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