DRINKS group, C&C has warned that its first-half revenues — for the six months to the end of August — will probably show a decline on levels reported for the same period last year, when revenue topped €375.6 million.

JACOB FRUITFIELD, the snack food group in charge of seminal brands such as Kimberley and Fig Rolls, has reportedly entered the bidding fray for C&Cs Tayto crisp brand — for which the first round of bidding closed last week.