date:Feb 21, 2014
res were up 1.7 percent, among the top gainers on the CAC-40 index of French blue chips.
GRADUAL CHINA RECOVERY
China contributes six percent of group sales but the maker of Bledina baby food, Evian and Volvic water and Activia and Actimel yoghurt faced a variety of problems there last year.
In July 2013 it was hit by a fine and had to cut prices in China after a milk-powder price-fixing probe.
Then in August it had to recall infant formula products in Asia due to a health scare that began w