Nestle Posts Sluggish First Half Profits
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 18, 2016 | 01:58 PM
GENEVA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Augst,2016) : Nestle, the world's largest food company, on Thursday reported a 9.1 percent fall in profits through the first six months of 2016, but said its sluggish performance should be reversed in a strong second half.
The firm posted 4.1 billion Swiss francs($4.3 billion, 3.9 billion Euros) in profits through the first half of the year, a step backwards compared to $4.5 billion Swiss francs of profits it raked in through the same period in 2015.
The Switzerland-based company's performance fell below the prediction of analysts polled by the AWP agency, who forecast profits at 4.
6 billion Swiss francs. Outgoing CEO Paul Bulcke linked the less-than-stellar figures to pricing, which he said was at "historically low levels." That should recover in the months ahead, allowing the company to meet its full year targets, Bulcke said.
His tenure as chief executive is set to end on December 31, but he is expected to be a candidate to become the company's next chairman. His replacement, Ulf Mark Schneider, will join Nestle next month for a transitional period, taking the reins at the start of 2017.
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