MEXICO: Commodity costs, marketing spend hits Alfa food profits
By: just-food.com | 23 July 2010
Mexican conglomerate Alfa has booked a slump in second-quarter profits from food division Sigma due to higher raw-material costs and more spending on marketing and R&D.
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Mexican conglomerate Alfa has booked a slump in second-quarter profits from food division Sigma due to higher raw-material costs and more spending on marketing and R&D.
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