date:Aug 09, 2013
e 6.5 percent increase in quarterly sales reported by Danone and a 5 percent rise at Unilever.
Nestle's margin was slightly down in Europe, but up in the Americas and AOA, helped by lower input costs. The group still expects a low single-digit increase in input costs for the whole year, noting that comparables are getting tougher.
Martello said a share buyback was not off the table even though the group had no programme currently, and it would look at it on an opportunistic basis. She also sai