Northern Foods hit by weaker trading with M&S

Northern Foods today said full year profits would be £6m (€8.6m) lower than last year after poorer sales to Marks & Spencer left Christmas trading short of expectations.

Northern, which makes Dalepak frozen foods, Goodfella’s pizzas and Fox’s biscuits and is the parent company of the Green Isle Food Group in Ireland, said profits for the year to March 31 would come in at £80m (€114.6m) against £86m (€123.2m) last time.