Net profit for the first six months was €29 million, up 7.4% compared with the corresponding period in 2014. Sales in the first half of 2015 amounted to €1,274 million, an increase of 1.1% on H1 2014. On a like-for-like basis, sales growth was 0.5%.
Koen Slippens, CEO: ‘The macroeconomic indicators point to further recovery in the Dutch market. In the supermarket channel we are already seeing signs of this and sales continue to pick up. There is also a certain amount of recovery in the foodservice market but it is still rather sluggish. Our ‘Kick the Costs’ programme is now well underway and is showing visible results, which forms an important basis for profitability improvement. All in all we can look back on an encouraging first half of 2015, especially when one considers the incidental gains in 2014.’
Read more in the press release or watch the video below, with an explanation by
CFO Rob van der Sluijs.