date:Jan 20, 2014
Associated British Foods plc has issued an interim management statement for the 16 weeks to 4 January 2014, in accordance with the requirements of the UK Listing Authoritys Disclosure and Transparency rules. Group revenue for the first 16 weeks was in line with last year.
Compared with the first quarter last year, sterling weakened against the euro but has strengthened against most other major currencies, particularly in recent weeks. As a result, group revenue for the quarter would have been 1