Food company Greencore has reported a 49.9% rise in revenues for the six months to the end of March.
Revenues rose to £567.7m sterling from £378.6m while the company reported pre-tax profits of £15.8m.
Greencore moved its main listing from Dublin to the London Stock Exchange in recent months and so it now reports its figures in sterling.
The company said the 50% rise in revenues is partly due to Greencore's acquisition of Uniq last year.
Uniq is a British company which makes ready meals and the deal cost £113m. Stripping out the purchase of Uniq, revenues at Greencore's underlying business were still up 9%.
In today's results statement, the company said that the integration of the Uniq business is progressing well.
The Greencore board today announced an interim dividend of 1.75 pence. It said it will increase the total dividend distribution for the financial year in line with the growth in adjusted earnings per share.
The company said it has delivered a strong financial performance in the first half of its fiscal year against a backdrop of challenging market conditions. It said the Uniq integration is progressing well and it has taken further steps to deliver a business of ''real focus and scale in the US''.
The company's chief executive Patrick Coveney said that despite the tough market conditions, which show no sign of abating, Greencore continues to target strong growth in adjusted earnings per share for the financial year.
Greencore said that group operating profits rose by 36.7% to £31.7m, which reflected the addition of the Uniq businesses.
Revenues from continuing activity at the company's convenience foods division rose by 9.7% to €506.6m, while operating profits rose by 37% to €30.7m despite the challenging market conditions.
Operating profits at Greencore's ingredients and property business rose by 16% to €1m in the six month period while revenues rose by 3.8% to €35.1m. The company said that a number of sales of agricultural land in Ireland on the edge of its larger land banks are being progressed.
''Our business has performed strongly in the first half of 2012. The acquisition of Uniq last year has reshaped our group and we are on track to deliver all of the targeted integration benefits,'' commented Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney.
''We have continued to reshape our portfolio, in particular in the US with the acquisition of MarketFare Foods in April. This acquisition represents the next step in building a business of real scale in the US and strengthens our position in the food to go/convenience store channel,'' he added.
