date:Jul 30, 2012
The French dairy giant recorded global sales of 10.475bn forthe first half of the year a 5.9% increase on the 9.7bn achieved in H1 2011.
Weak dairy product consumer demand in Spain and other Southern European countriesresulted inflat growth in Western Europe region, which recorded sales of 5.548bn.
The firms results were,however,bolstered by double digit sales growth in Asia and the rest of the world regions that now account for 65% of Danones turnover.
Sales in the fast emerging Asian mar