Article: Dairy Crest is in clover.(full-year sales and profits)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

A healthy set of full-year results at top UK dairy firm Dairy Crest was boosted by strong performances from Clover margarine and Cathedral City cheese.

Pre-tax profit leaped up 29% to 57m [pounds sterling] in the year to March 31 on sales up 65% to 1.31bn [pounds sterling].

Chief executive John Houliston said the synergies from the acquisition of Unigate's milk and cheese business in July 2000 are "being delivered in full".

The restructuring programme to increase the efficiency of the liquid milk ...

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