date:Feb 01, 2019
rgin and another year of strong free cash flow. We remain on track for our 2020 goals, Jope adds.
Full-year overall performance
In 2018, Unilever again delivered profitable growth with another year of strong gross margin progression and double-digit growth of constant underlying earnings per share. Underlying sales excluding spreads grew 3.1 percent with 2.1 percent from volume. Price growth in Argentina, which was excluded from USG from July 1, 2018, would have contributed 50bps. The deteriora