date:Jul 30, 2013
all for the second half I would not expect to grow business but to stabilise sequentially, Terisse said.
At the baby food division, which makes up 22 percent of Danone's revenue, sales growth was 14 percent, driven by strong sales in Asia-Pacific, notably in China and Hong Kong.
First-half operating profit rose 2.3 percent to 1.475 billion euros ($1.96 billion) on a like-for-like basis, while sales rose 6.0 percent to 11.058 billion euros.
A Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of analysts had given