date:Apr 18, 2013
Danone has reported first quarter sales up by 5.6% on a like-for-like basis, driven almost equally by increases in volume and price. The company noted that it sees 2013 as a transitional year.
As we expected, the first quarter of 2013 saw a solid performance that highlighted once again the contrast between robust growth in emerging markets and the sluggish economy in Europe, said chairman Franck Riboud. In both Russia and the United States our brands scored further strong gains, underpinned by