date:Feb 14, 2014
rcent increase in underlying earnings per share.
Nestle's net profit fell slightly to 10.02 billion Swiss francs ($11.12 billion), short of a 10.69 billion franc forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts, due to the costs of portfolio restructuring and a negative currency impact.
The company, which also makes Maggi soups and Perrier mineral water, has said it wants to get rid of underperforming brands and already sold the bulk of its Jenny Craig weight management activities and the PowerBar sport