
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut on Wednesday confirmed its mid-term guidance after strong chocolate sales and a recovery in its gourmet business with restaurants helped sales volumes and net profit rise in the first half of its fiscal year 2021/2022.
Sales volumes grew 8.7% to 1.165 million tonnes in the six months to the end of February, while net profit recurring rose 3.1% to 212.1 million Swiss francs ($227.40 million), the group, which makes chocolate for Nestle and Hershey, said in a statement.
($1 = 0.9327 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Silke Koltrowitz; Editing by Paul Carrel)
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