UK: Unilever defends food performance after Q4 volume slide

By: Dean Best | 2 February 2012

Unilever CEO Paul Polman has defended the performance of the consumer goods giant's food business after the recent decline in the division's sales volumes accelerated in the last three months of 2011.

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Unilever CEO Paul Polman has defended the performance of the consumer goods giant's food business after the recent decline in the division's sales volumes accelerated in the last three months of 2011.

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