Anzco posts weaker 2014 profit after taking control of Five Star Beef

Anzco posts weaker 2014 profit after taking control of Five Star Beef
By Tina Morrison March 31 (BusinessDesk) - Anzco Foods, New Zealand's third-largest meat company, said profit halved in 2014, a year in which it bought out shareholder Itoham Foods' half stake in the nation's only large-scale cattle feedlot. Profit fell to $6 million in the 12 months ended Sept. 30, from $12.2 million a year earlier, according to the Christchurch-based company's financial statements. Revenue declined 1.8 percent to $1.26 billion, led by a 1.9 percent fall in sales to $1.25 billion. Expenses slipped 1.3 percent to $1.24 bi...