P207 CEEFAX 207  Tue 20 Feb  19:19/24
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      GRAND MET OFF        
      TO GOOD START        
                                        
 Sha   ol   s i  Grand M t opolit n, th 
 food-and-drink combine, have b en told 
 of a good start to the year.           
                                        
                                        
                                        
 of its bruin ssjs.                     
                                        
 Pillsbury, in the US, was seeing volume
                                        
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 European Foods wire trading better than
 at th  s m  stage last   ar but face   
 an  inc  a  n ly comp t  i    m        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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      COURTAULDS REP RTS   
      WEAK FIBRES DEMAN    
                                        
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 remains vj   w ak, accordi   to special
 chemicals manufacturer Courtaulds.     
                                        
 But k y  aw   t  i l   i          w    
                                        
                                        
 "The unprecedented...volatility in raw 
 material prices...has disrupted the    
 mark  .  nd  t w l      o    ont       
 b for  th  ext  t of th  recov ry is   
 clea ," it  aid in a trading statement.
                                        
                                        
                                        
 g od s l    n  prof t  g owth       t  
 in the first half of the year.         
                                        
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