date:Apr 04, 2014
d in a statement on Thursday.
Net profit, including discontinued operations, rose 8.9 percent to 119.6 million Swiss francs ($134.99 million), just below a 124 million franc forecast in a Reuters poll. nL5N0MS2FS
Sales volumes rose 3.1 percent on a stand-alone basis, or 17.6 percent including the cocoa business acquired from Petra Foods last year, below the group's mid-term target of 6-8 percent volume growth per year that was confirmed on Thursday.