We're a highly focused soft drinks business. Our brand portfolio includes Vimto , which is sold in over 70 countries, Levi Roots, Weight Watchers, Sunkist and Panda, which are sold in the UK. We have a leading market position in both the still and carbonate drinks categories and also in the soft drinks on dispense market.





http://www.nicholsplc.co.uk/

For 2013 profits of £21.1 million and 7.5% growth in EPS to 43p look achievable.

Good to see this distancing from £8

A good day today

Another good find DC!

Come on skinny you must be finding them and not telling us. lol

I wish :-)

Doing very well, lets hope the fizz does not go flat on this one

Are they good for £10 ?

Read post 5 and you will have to decide. :-))

2012 Pre-close announcement

Monday 7th January 2013

In the final list of shares mag for UK stock market awards 2013, in the Best food and beverage plc. Along with Barr (AG) Carr's milling industries,Diageo and Finsbury foods.The awards will also seek to answer who is truly creating shareholder value ?
The winners in each sector will be judged on their ability to allocate capital in the most effective manor possible. They will be scored on how well they balance risk with reward and ranked by their track record at generating the earnings or dividend growth that inturn yields the optimal total shareholder return

Results 18 Feb 2013.

Been tempted to sell , hope for a good update on the 7th.

Nichols PLC - Pre-Close Trading Statement
07 January 2013



Nichols plc

Pre-Close Trading Statement

Nichols plc ("the Group"), today issues the following pre-close trading update

The Group has continued its positive trading momentum in the second half of 2012 with total sales for the year ended 31 December 2012 increasing by 9% to £108m.



This performance is ahead of the UK soft drinks market and has been achieved against last year's strong comparatives (18% uplift on 2010), a challenging UK economy and record wet weather.



The UK market, as measured by A.C. Nielsen, increased in value by 3.2% for the year to 8 December 2012 with underlying volume down 0.6%.

Despite this challenging market we are pleased to report that our UK business has increased sales by 10% against the prior year with our export sales also increasing by 8%

Despite another year of significant cost inflation and high levels of promotional activity, we expect, as a minimum, to maintain our operating margins. This has been achieved by a combination of good cost control and ongoing productivity improvements.

The Group's balance sheet remains strong and has continued to generate positive cash in line with our expectations.

In summary, 2012 has seen a strong trading performance and we expect Group profit and earnings per share (EPS) to be significantly ahead of last year and ahead of market expectations.

The Group's Preliminary results will be announced on 7 March 2013.


John Nichols

Non-Executive Chairman

Great update.

DC - can you edit out some of the superfluous lines of spaces etc.

Nichols beats expectations
Mon 07 Jan 2013

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Soft drinks maker Nichols, which owns the Vimto brand, said its full year figures would beat expectations, pushing its shares up in morning trading.

The firm said total sales for the year ended 31st December had increased by 9% to £108m, with export sales increasing by 8%.

It expects group profit and earnings per share to be significantly ahead of 2011 and ahead of market expectations.

"Despite another year of significant cost inflation and high levels of promotional activity, we expect, as a minimum, to maintain our operating margins," said Chairman John Nichols.

"This has been achieved by a combination of good cost control and ongoing productivity improvements."

It highlighted that the UK market, as measured by A.C. Nielsen, increased in value by 3.2% for the year to 8th December 2012 with underlying volume down 0.6%.

A superb chart from early 2009 DC.

Sorry about the rushed update this morning skinny , hung on to see the update before leaving for work.

Dc - you can post how you like - please don't apologise to me - it just makes it easier to read without all the white space.

Anyway - another good pick by yourself.

climbed hard since the end of Aug.