NETHERLANDS: Wessanen exceeds debt ratio, profits slump
By: just-food.com | 5 May 2009
Dutch food group Wessanen saw its operating profit tumble during the first quarter of the year and admitted the business now exceeded an agreed limit on its debt ratio.
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Dutch food group Wessanen saw its operating profit tumble during the first quarter of the year and admitted the business now exceeded an agreed limit on its debt ratio.
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