date:Apr 17, 2013
t in the quarter, with trends similar to the fourth.
This included the effects of price cuts and promotions to cope with falling demand, notably in Spain.
Total sales, which include the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, reached 5.34 billion euros ($6.99 billion), a reported rise of 4.3 percent.
Danone kept its 2013 target for like-for-like sales growth of at least 5 percent and for a decline of between 30 and 50 basis points in operating margin. It also reiterated it aimed to return t