JAPAN: Yakult sees more profit pain ahead
By: just-food.com | 15 May 2009
Yakult Honsha Co., the Japan-based firm behind the namesake probiotic drink, has posted a 32% fall in annual earnings - and forecast that profits would slide again in the year ahead.
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Yakult Honsha Co., the Japan-based firm behind the namesake probiotic drink, has posted a 32% fall in annual earnings - and forecast that profits would slide again in the year ahead.
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