date:Oct 19, 2012
although France reported growth of 1.7% to 248.8M, across the 52-week period.
For the last quarter, weak trading figures in Britain and Ireland, where revenue slid by 4.3% and 8.5%, overshadowed a 13.3% jump in France that was driven by price rises.
McNeela said merger talks with Scottish Irn-Bru maker AG Barr were ongoing, with the companies working to a final deadline of October 31 to announce a firm intention to merge.
We believe that in the absence of any details regarding potential merge