Bunzl's first half revenues and profits grow as it completes first acquisition in China
Bunzl has been expanding its business through acquisitions and expects this strategy to support continued growth
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LON:BNZL
Bunzl is a FTSE 100 specialist distribution group with operations in 23 countries across 4 continents. Bunzl supplies a wide range of consumable products such as food packaging, disposable tableware and catering equipment, cleaning and hygiene supplies, guest amenities, personal protection equipment, packaging and healthcare consumables to various customer markets including grocery, foodservice, cleaning and safety, non-food retail and healthcare.
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Bunzl has been expanding its business through acquisitions and expects this strategy to support continued growth
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