date:Aug 12, 2013
6.8 billion Swiss francs ($7.4 billion) and sales of 45.2 billion Swiss francs ($49.1 billion). The organic growth of 4.1% was composed of 2.7% real internal growth and 1.4% pricing. Organic growth was 5% in the Americas, 0.6% in Europe and 6.3% in Asia, Oceania and Africa.
In the first half we delivered a balanced performance, both top and bottom line, in an environment of lower growth and lower input costs, said Paul Bulcke, chief executive officer of Nestle. Organic growth was somewhat muted