date:Aug 08, 2014
in the region continued to fall.
The group's trading operating margin was down slightly at 15.0 percent, versus 15.1 percent in the first half of 2013 and 15.2 percent in the full year.
Nestle confirmed its earlier forecast for organic sales growth of around 5 percent this year, with performance weighted to the second half. The company got off to a slow start this year when an unusually cold winter hurt demand in the United States, which accounts for a quarter of company sales.
Nestle is one