date:Jul 25, 2014
particularly in the US.
Chief Financial Officer Jean-Marc Huet said the Easter benefit to underlying sales growth in the quarter was less than the 0.4 per cent to 0.5 per cent lift he predicted earlier in the year. He declined to be more specific. Unilever has introduced new food items such as spreads with butter, and Huet said sales of spreads were stable in the quarter after declining about 5 per cent in the first three months of the year.
Weaker Volume
The volume of goods sold rose 1.9 per