Nestlé dairy foods brand Häagen-Dazs helps to drive growth in North America
In North America growth accelerated, led by the turnaround in the frozen meals business.
Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland, reported today that organic growth in 2015 was 4.2% (composed of 2.2% real internal growth and 2.0% pricing). Total sales of 88.8 billion Swiss francs were down -7.4% because of the foreign exchange impact.
Organic growth was broad-based across geographies and categories: 5.8% in the Americas; 3.5% in Europe, Middle East and North Africa; and 1.9% in Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa.
In North America growth accelerated, led by the turnaround in the frozen meals business. In ice cream, Häagen-Dazs and snacks continued to drive growth with new product launches. Coffee-mate maintained its good momentum through constant innovation and renovation of flavors and packaging as well as new distribution.
Read the full press release on the Nestle site.
