Global berry giant Driscoll's builds stake in Costa Group

Global berry giant Driscoll's builds stake in Costa Group

The biggest fresh berry company in the world,Driscoll's,has bought a slice of Australian fruit and vegetable giant Costa Group

  • byDarren Gray

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2019 delivers surprises and surprising returns

2019 delivers surprises and surprising returns

Australia's stock market increased more than 20 per cent in 2019 and hit all-time highs,despite deep uncertainty.

  • byLucy Battersby
ASX climbs higher after Christmas break

ASX climbs higher after Christmas break

A commodity price surge and fresh overnight records on Wall Street led Australian stocks higher on Friday.

  • byAlex Druce
ASX dips after banks,BHP drag bourse back from record high

ASX dips after banks,BHP drag bourse back from record high

The local sharemarket ended in the red after tapping fresh record highs early in the session,as BHP and the banks weighed on the bourse.

  • byLucy Battersby
Costa caps $176m raising as'challenging'year tipped for key crops

Costa caps $176m raising as'challenging'year tipped for key crops

Fruit and vegetable giant Costa has successfully raised $176m,but Citi analysts are warning of a"challenging year"as soft mushroom prices look set to persist.

  • byDarren Gray
Costa flags hail storm hit as retail raising rolls on

Costa flags hail storm hit as retail raising rolls on

A hail storm has ripped through some of Costa Group's South Australian citrus farms,ratcheting up the pressure on the already squeezed fresh food producer.

  • byDarren Gray
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Clothes pegs full of unpaid bills:How the drought is costing business

Clothes pegs full of unpaid bills:How the drought is costing business

Bega chairman Max Roberts was in the kitchen of a farmhouse a couple of weeks ago when he was presented with some clothes pegs.

  • byDarren Gray
Costa brother pledges $2.75m for new shares in troubled fruit and veg giant

Costa brother pledges $2.75m for new shares in troubled fruit and veg giant

Robert Costa from the famous Costa fruit and vegetable family says he will commit $2.75 million to buy new shares in the company that bears his family's name.

  • byDarren Gray
Investors dump Costa shares as trading resumes after profit warning

Investors dump Costa shares as trading resumes after profit warning

Investors have sliced almost a quarter off the value of shares in the fruit and vegetable giant after the company's stock resumed trading this morning.

  • byDarren Gray
Costa boss says company in'good shape'if not for drought,extreme heat

Costa boss says company in'good shape'if not for drought,extreme heat

Costa Group boss Harry Debney says the fruit and vegetable giant would be"in good shape"if its crops were not hit by drought and associated extreme heat.

  • byDarren Gray
'Unprecedented':Bega Cheese shares tumble as drought issues bite

'Unprecedented':Bega Cheese shares tumble as drought issues bite

Bega Cheese has been whacked by investors after it became the latest business to issue a profit warning over its 2020 earnings.

  • byDarren Gray