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AB Foods holds firm on Primark but cuts sugar guidance

Associated British Foods has maintained its guidance for Primark and most other units despite a £16m loss in its sugar business and uncertainty around US tariffs. Its outlook remains unchanged, except for sugar, as it expects to absorb the tariff impact.

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