Switzerland

French cosmetics group L'Oreal has posted a 10.2% year-on-year rise in sales for the first half of 2010, including a 6.6% increase in like-for-like sales. The strong growth come at... 2010-07-26

The chief executive of the world's largest business-to-business chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has said in an interview with Reuters that he expects global demand for chocolate... 2010-07-07

Switzerland's largest dairy group Emmi has posted a decline in sales but an improvement in earnings for its 2009 financial year. In the 12 months to the end of December, Emmi's sales... 2010-04-01

Coffee capsule maker Nestlé Nespresso, a division of Swiss food giant Nestlé, has posted buoyant results for 2009, shrugging off the downturn to record sales growth of 22%. Sales... 2010-03-31

Switzerland-based bakery group Aryzta has posted a drop in sales for the first half of its financial year. In the six months to January 31 Aryzta's revenues dropped by 7.4% to EUR800.9mn.... 2010-03-16

Shares in French cosmetics maker L'Oreal have surged in the past two weeks following renewed speculation that food-giant Nestlé is set to launch a bid for the firm. Conversely, shares... 2010-03-12

Swiss food giant Nestlé has reported what it describes as 'market-beating' growth for 2009 and said that it expects to achieve higher organic growth in 2010. During 2009 Nestlé... 2010-02-22