Greencore's first-half results - the key points

Shares in the food group, headed by Patrick Coveney, gained as much as 8% after it reported a 46% rise in revenue

Greencore chief executive, Patrick Coveney

Greencore released results for the six months to the end of March this morning, the first set of figures since it completed the acquisition of Peacock Foods in the US in December. Here are the key points from its results:

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- The food group, headed byPatrick Coveney, reported a 27 per cent rise in operating profit to £55.3 million in the six months to the end of March as revenue rose by 46 per cent to £1.01 billion in what the company described as "a transformational period" followingthe acquisition of Peacock Foods in the US