date:Jul 04, 2014
siness acquired from Petra Foods at the end of 2012 and consolidated since July 2013, sales volumes grew 15.8 percent.
Chief Financial Officer Victor Balli attributed the slower stand-alone volume growth to the company's reluctance to push cocoa powder volumes given the relatively low price levels and a focus on profitability in Western Europe.
Another reason why we slowed down a bit was also because we didn't implement larger outsourcing deals in the last months, but we have a few upcoming wh