date:Aug 08, 2012
e same period last year.
Premiers underlying business excludes the results of disposals completed by June 30, as well as milling sales and other specific items, which include pension credits, commercial adjustments and a non-core chocolate powder manufacturing contract loss incurred in the first half of 2012.
The groups move from final salary pension schemes to career average and defined contribution schemes also helped boost its results.
However, Premiers Grocery divisional contribution decr