IRELAND: Musgrave profits fall in 2008
By: just-food.com | 14 May 2009
Musgrave Group, the Ireland-based firm behind the Budgens and Londis chains in the UK, saw pre-tax profits slump by 20% last year, as the company invested in price cuts amid the downturn.
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Musgrave Group, the Ireland-based firm behind the Budgens and Londis chains in the UK, saw pre-tax profits slump by 20% last year, as the company invested in price cuts amid the downturn.
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