date:Oct 17, 2013
In the first nine months of 2013, Nestls sales increased by 4.0% to CHF 68.4 billion, impacted by negative foreign exchange of 2.5%. Organic growth was 4.4%, composed of 3.0% real internal growth and 1.4% pricing. Acquisitions, net of divestitures, added 2.1% to sales.
Organic growth for the Group was 5.1% in the Americas, 0.9% in Europe and 6.9% in Asia, Oceania and Africa. Globally our business grew 1.1% in developed markets and 8.8% in emerging markets.
Real internal growth was 2.0% in the