The results continued to roll in this week as the likes of Kellogg and Kraft Foods Group revealed their sales and profits in the first six months of the year. The CEOs of both Kellogg and Kraft explained plans to boost volumes in the second half. Elsewhere, UK crisp firm Tyrrells got a new private-equity owner in the shape of Bahrain-based Investcorp.
“We’re confident we can grow cereal and leverage our strong brand to other formats. If we do this well we can get ourselves back to volume growth as a company” – Kellogg CEO John Bryant cited a range of initiatives the company was looking at to try to boost sales volumes in the second half.
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“It is not enough to simply grow market share. We have an obligation to our customers to drive volume and category growth” – Kraft Foods Group CEO Anthony Vernon says it did not make enough progress on its top line in the first half.
“The nature of our business, the fact that we have been present in these markets for a relatively short time – not 100 years like some of our competitors – puts us in a situation where we have more potential and ranges that are adapted to the current generation” – Danone CFO Pierre-André Terisse said the company benefited from the relative youth of its emerging markets businesses in the first half.
“The premium snacks market is very dynamic and attractive. Tyrrells’ offering is unique and the business has an excellent position in the UK and a rapidly growing international footprint” – Carsten Hagenbucher, principal in Investcorp’s European corporate investments team on the firm’s purchase of crisp maker Tyrrells.
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