Nestlé SA publicó que las ventas se desaceleraron en los últimos meses desde el ritmo vertiginoso establecido a principios de este año, cuando los compradores desnudaron los estantes durante los bloqueos por coronavirus. Aún así, la compañía de alimentos envasados más grande del mundo dijo que las ventas orgánicas del segundo trimestre crecieron un 1,3% con respecto al año anterior, impulsadas por la comida para mascotas, que se ha mantenido muy popular en la era de la pandemia.
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Nestlé SA said sales slowed in recent months from the blistering pace set earlier this year, when shoppers stripped shelves bare during coronavirus lockdowns.
Still, the world’s biggest packaged food company said Thursday that second-quarter organic sales grew 1.3% from the previous year, bolstered by pet food—which has remained a hot seller in the pandemic era.
Nestlé, along with rivals such as Kraft Heinz Co. and Campbell Soup Co., benefited earlier this year when consumers stockpiled familiar comfort foods from big brands as the pandemic took hold. That drove a 4.3% rise in Nestlé’s first-quarter sales, but the company said some consumers have held back adding to already full pantries in the past few months. Lower sales of products sold outside of the home, like water, also weighed on the most recent quarter, it added.
Overall, the maker of Nescafé coffee and DiGiorno pizza said first-half sales rose 2.8% on an organic basis—which strips out M&A and currency impacts—beating analyst estimates for growth of 2.3%. Revenue dropped 9.5% to 41.15 billion Swiss francs ($44.94 billion) in the first six months of the year, while net profit rose 18.3% to 5.9 billion francs boosted by one-off items such as the sale of its U.S. ice cream business.
Pet food was the biggest contributor to growth among Nestlé’s categories, with pricier lines such as Purina Pro Plan—marketed as tailoring nutrients to meet specific needs of pets at different stages of life—doing particularly well.
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RealRisk / Fuente: Nestlé – Reporte: 2020-08-12