UK confectionery and soft drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes has said its full-year trading performance would be similar to the first half, but warned that the hot weather had hit its confectionery sales in Europe.

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Cadbury, which makes Dairy Milk chocolate and Dr Pepper soft drinks, said in July that its underlying earnings fell 4% in the first half.

The company traditionally aims for double-digit earnings growth, but abandoned the targets for a while when it bought US chewing gum maker Adams for US$4.2bn in March.

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