Nestle Reduces Sales Outlook Amid Weakness in Chinese Market
- Foodmaker cuts revenue growth outlook to about 4.5% from 5%
- Company resumes Maggi noodle production after Indian recall
Nestle CEO: China Is Recovering, but Slower Than Expected
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Nestle SA said it will fall short of its long-term growth target for a third consecutive year amid weakness in China, highlighting the volatile conditions in emerging markets that continue to weigh on European consumer-product companies and retailers alike.
Sales will probably rise about 4.5 percent on an organic basis in 2015, the Vevey, Switzerland-based maker of Nespresso coffee said Friday, abandoning a previous forecast of about 5 percent. Nine-month revenue advanced 4.2 percent, missing analysts’ estimates, as a recall of Maggi noodles also eroded sales in Asia. The stock made its steepest intraday decline in almost two months.