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Richmond Foods PLC
14 January 2004


Richmond Foods plc

Trading statement 14th January 2004

At the Annual General Meeting today, Chairman Ross Warburton stated:

"Richmond is pleased to announce that, in its seasonally quietest quarter,
progress continues to be made with sales up 17% of which the Oldfields
acquisition contributed 7%. However, results for the full year will depend on
performance in the second half of the year, when trading last year benefited
from the warm summer weather.

Since the start of the new financial year, further new retailer own brand
business has been won, and this, allied to the benefits flowing from the #27
million capital investment programme, gives the board confidence that your
company will make further progress during 2004".


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