date:Oct 22, 2012
growth in a deteriorating economic environment and contributed sales of CHF11.2bn ($12.11bn). In coffee, both Nescaf soluble coffee and the Nescaf Dolce Gusto system performed well.
Total sales for Asia, Oceania and Africa, including the new partnerships, were up 25.9% to CHF14bn ($15.14bn) from CHF11.1bn ($12bn) in the corresponding period of 2011.
The categories that were the key growth drivers were dairy, powdered beverages and ready-to-drink.
Among developed markets, Japan reported growt