Europe's top ranked private label supplier McBride has revealed that it has seen a 7% rise in revenue so far in the current fiscal year. High demand from shoppers, more than expected favorable rates of exchange and more contract gains are being credited by the firm as key elements which have boosted its performance in times when most other companies have been hit hard by the economic downturn.

The figures posted by McBride have been even better than what was posted last year, around the same time.