Sales continue to improve at Crawshaw

Shares of Crawshaw carved out healthy gains in early trading after it said like-for-like (LFL) sales continued to improve in the six months to July 31st despite the tough retail climate.

Shares of Crawshaw carved out healthy gains in early trading after it said like-for-like (LFL) sales continued to improve in the six months to July 31st despite the tough retail climate.

The Yorkshire-based meat processing firm said LFL sales increased 4% in the 6-month period while overall sales fell to £9.3m from £9.4 in 2011 after the closure of it Doncaster market site and its mobile unit.

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