Hill Station Share Discussion Threads

[harleymaxwell] 18/4/2006 10:57

time to turn?

[a warm breeze] 11/4/2006 12:49

Down again

[ponty] 04/4/2006 14:07

this might help looking to buy
April 2006


Date: 3 April 2006
On behalf of: Hill Station plc
For immediate release


Hill Station plc
Change of Advisers

The Board of Hill Station plc, the manufacturer of Hill Station, Loseley,
Granelli and private-label ice creams, announces that it has appointed City
Financial Associates Limited ('CFA') as its Nominated Adviser and Broker with
effect from 1st April 2006.


Enquiries:
Hill Station plc
Charles J Hall, Group Managing Director Tel. [phone]

City Financial Associates Limited
Tony Rawlinson Tel. [phone]

Redleaf Communications
Emma Kane/Sanna Lehtinen Tel. [phone]

Notes to Editors:

• Hill Station's strategy is to position itself as an efficient manufacturer
of a broad range of ice cream products capable of responding to private-label
customer demand across the product quality and price spectrum as well as in
branded sales.

• On 18 November 2005, Hill Station plc acquired 100% of the issued share
capital of Granelli McDermott Limited and Loseley Dairy Ice Cream Limited in
two reverse takeovers.

• The Hill Station Group manufactures and markets super-premium ice cream
under the Hill Station brand, premium ice cream under the Loseley, Yorkshire
Dales, Thayers and Louis Granelli brands, and standard ice cream under the
Granelli's and More from Granelli brands, as well as a broad range of ice
cream products under supermarket and other customer brands.

[harleymaxwell] 04/4/2006 00:31

head and shoulders?

[antcasr] 28/3/2006 16:16

Good golly! This is soooo cool

[Abuse team] 28/3/2006 16:15

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[spaceparallax] 21/3/2006 12:38

Henri,

I was in a relatively small Tesco and they do sell HLL, although only two bland flavours. However, I do agree that the marketing needs serious attention.

[henri matisse] 15/3/2006 23:23

I was in one of the largest Tesco today and they don't sell Hill Station or Losely. They do sell Haagen Dazs, Ben and Jerry's and their own brand of luxury ice-cream. The same applies to Sainsbury.

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[nig295] 15/3/2006 17:00

Tipped as a buy in Growth Company Investor this Month. They have done very well for me over the last year which is why I am now a holder.

[spaceparallax] 10/3/2006 20:16

Well Harley,

Somethings motivating investors; the recent rise is to my eyes unfathomable.

[harleymaxwell] 10/3/2006 14:58

ok !! time to get some interest going on this share - too much oil and gas and not enough ice cream!! summers coming , chart is looking good and the ingredients in their ice cream is as good as you can get.

must be some other punters out there who are interested !!!

any exchange of views welcome

[spaceparallax] 07/3/2006 12:19

DotC,

Thanks for that, I hadn't seen it.

[dotcunningham] 07/3/2006 11:11

THIS IS MONEY'S WEEKLY SMALL CAPS
View looks good at Hill Station
James Crux, Analyst, Growth Company Investor
27 February 2006
OUR weekly review of the latest developments and hottest tips in the exciting world of the Alternative Investment Market is written by analysts at the UK's leading authority on fast-growing companies, Growth Company Investor.

HAVING completed two acquisitions last year, ice cream maker Hill Station has been transformed from a niche player into the UK's third-largest manufacturer.

Chairman Pieter Totte, a serial food entrepreneur who's had his advisory finger in the pies of Aim successes Glisten and Finsbury Food, says the reverse takeovers of Loseley and Granelli have given the group a presence across all segments of the ice-cream market.

He adds that the addition of Loseley's new 80,000 sq ft plant in South Wales provides 'one of the best factories in the sector'.

These operations have the capacity for at least £60m worth of annual production and he says total revenues of the new entity are 'about £18m'. So to use this capacity the company is producing retailers' own-label ice creams and has already seen a lot of interest. Retailers are looking for quality facilities and there's not an awful lot of capacity out there.


'Although our highest priority is to organically grow our own brands,' informs Totte, 'the real growth at present will come from own-label production.' All three of the group's brands will be boosted by the improved production facilities, of which 85% of production has been moved over, and the lower costs will be a great boon to the bottom line.

Losses for its 15-month period to the end of October dripped to £792,000 on sales of £1.2m, but the figures did not include anything from the acquisitions. Presently priced at £15.8m, Hill Station is valued below sales.

Recommendation: Buy.

[spaceparallax] 07/3/2006 10:11

I'm with you Cerrito.

[cerrito] 01/3/2006 22:24

I think the share price is now in a consolidation period...not sure what in the February financial results which contained not much news from the Jan 17 trading statement provoked the price to go up so much given the fact that the market yawned with the Jan 17 statement...I have not sold and am holding for the present ...the wide bid offer spread and thin market discourages trading for the sake of it. My guess is that this time next year the price will be 1.5p higher.

[harleymaxwell] 01/3/2006 22:07

i see they supply giraffe restaurants which are springing up everywhere.Also ingredients pretty healthy - fo rwaht its worth in a share price!

[harleymaxwell] 28/2/2006 10:08

still rising??

[spaceparallax] 27/2/2006 14:17

Harvey,

Watch them for a while; the recent recovery's built upon rather shaky foundations that will take quite a time to consolidate IMHO. It's hard to see a short to medium return on an investment here, but might come good in a few years.

[hastyretreat2] 26/2/2006 17:52

I am unsure - I have watched them for a while and the lack of news flow is very poor!

[harveym] 26/2/2006 16:57

are these worth buying at this level

[cerrito] 17/2/2006 17:37

Interesting that today's annoucement of results which are of historical interest only and an update which only added the fact that they have made partial progree is winding up the Cheadle operation provoked a healthy share price increase whereas the Jan 17 update which had more news produced no reaction.
The shares are as of this pm IMJ sensibly priced at 4/5/5.25

[factsonly] 16/2/2006 22:56

I don't hold, but do like some of their products, shame my local tesco's stopped stocking them. I have to question HLL's growth strategy... they've created another senior role! (even though they aren't making money). It's about time they did some proper marketing, the word of mouth marketing just doesn't seem to be working.

[cerrito] 03/2/2006 19:39

HM
while I do not dispute the validity of charts for companies whose share price has liquidity and who have a good underlying business I would rather question their validity for a company like HLL with its very limited liquidity and chequered financial history.
Following the Jan update I see no reason for holders to want to sell, although I guess some may need to...we have finally got the 1p increase that I opined the jan update merited.