Plenty of juice in AG Barr
Irn-Bru maker AG Barr's full year results were slightly ahead of expectations, with the Scottish group's exotic juice brands, Rubicon and KA showing particularly good growth.
Irn-Bru maker AG Barr's full year results were slightly ahead of expectations, with the Scottish group's exotic juice brands, Rubicon and KA showing particularly good growth.
Underlying profit before tax rose 6.2% to £33.6m in the year to end of January from £31.6m the year before, slightly ahead of the £33.41m the market had been expecting. Sales continued to outperform the soft drinks market and grew 6.6% to £237.0m (2011: £222.4m).
The proposed final dividend of 20.65p per share (2011: 18.66p) takes the full year dividend up to 27.95p per share, an increase of 10.0% over the prior year.
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