Taste Holdings

Taste Holdings expected interim earnings per share (EPS) to fall by up to 85%, the franchise holding firm said yesterday. Headline EPS would shed up to 50% compared with the 6 months to August last year. Headline EPS were knocked by the rise in the weighted average number of shares in issue as well as added finance costs and amortisation charges recognised this year as a result of the Natal Wholesale Jewellers acquisition and conversion of BJ's sites to Maxi's.