Who are we?

Our operating company, Crawshaw Butchers, currently has 20 retail outlets and two distribution centres across Yorkshire, Humberside, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

In line with our growth strategy we have now successfully launched eight new shops in Retford, Castleford, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Bramley and more recently, Derby.

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Crawshaws Fundamentals (CRAW)

Trading Update

Richard Rose, Chairman of Crawshaw, the meat focussed retailer, provides the following update on current trading:

"On 6 January 2014 I reported on an excellent Christmas trading period, which would result in profit for the year being 'materially higher than current market expectations'.

I'm now delighted to report that in the weeks since then, leading up to our year end 31 January 2014, both sales and margin were particularly strong. As a result we now expect our profits for the full year to 31 January 2014 to be further ahead of current market expectations.

I am also delighted to report that strong growth has continued into the new financial year.

Our plans to open additional shops are progressing well and we expect to open a new high street store towards the end of March 2014."

We expect to announce our full year results at the end of April, 2014.

Tasty! :o)

Pop! (technical term).

Well done skinny, nice + 20%

Crackling! (culinary term)! 😃

CRAW paid a maiden dividend of 0.20p on 31st July, 2013; it will be interesting to see if they can hike that up this year.

Crawshaws’ pigs are flying high

Nice write up Skinny!

Ive had them 2 steaks for a fiver.

Pretty good aswel, mind Im a crap cook but they tasted ok to me.

Those cooked chickens look pretty nice.

Glad you enjoyed them GF! Future looking rosy but the business could get the chop at any time! :o)
I think there is a good future here, just hope they don't expand too quickly (I think I may have said that before!) they'll get a roasting if they do!

Final results

Results highlights for the year to 31st January 2014.

· Sales for the year £21.0m (2013: £18.8m)

· Full year like for like sales up 11% (2013: 3%)

· EBITDA doubled to £1.4m (2013: £0.7m)

· Profit before tax £1.0m (2013: £0.3m)

· Earnings per share rose to 1.42p (2013: 0.31p)

· Net cash £1.0m (2013: £nil)

· LFL sales first 12 weeks of current year up 19% (2013: 1%)

RNS Number : 3529G

Crawshaw Group PLC

06 May 2014

Crawshaw Group plc

("Crawshaw" or the "Company")

Directors Dealings

The Company has received notice today that Richard Rose, a director and Chairman of Crawshaw transferred 800,000 ordinary shares in the Company at nil consideration to the Roses' Charity Trust on 30 April 2014.

Accordingly, Richard now holds 5,241,547 Ordinary Shares representing 9.07% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Holdings in company

I'm thinking of maybe shorting this stock, I see it worth 24-26p tops.

I wouldn't but then, I don't short stocks! :o)

Acquisition of East Yorkshire Beef Limited

Crawshaw Group plc (the "Company") (AIM: CRAW), announces that on 12 May 2014 it acquired 100% of the share capital of East Yorkshire Beef Limited.

This business operates one premium sector butchers shop in Pocklington, east of York which, for the financial year ended 5th April, 2014 generated a turnover of c. £1.1m and profits before tax of £22k. The acquisition gives the Company a foothold in a completely different sector of the market.

The Chairman, Richard Rose comments :
"We are very excited about this new development as it gives us a position in the premium segment of our market and provides both a well established retail store and a new supply chain which we could expand across other potential sites and online if we choose. Furthermore we believe there are operational synergies that can rapidly enhance the profitability of the acquired store."

That one made me smile skinny! There is a flurry of M & A activity involving multi billion dollar deals and these guys have bought a butchers shop in Pocklington!
Good luck to them and certainly brings us back to the real world!

It certainly does!

£22k on £1.1m?
no wonder they wanted to sell out and i bet the owners weren't taking out much either so as to make the books look better

cynic - they paid £220k for the business.