Nestlé Says Price Rises Will Moderate In Rest Of 2023
Nestlé will raise prices at a more moderate rate in the remainder of 2023, its CEO said, as the company hit back at criticism that food manufacturers are charging more than they need to.
Consumer goods companies have raised prices in the past two years in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, disruption to crop yields from unusual weather patterns and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Retailers, politicians, consumers and the media have in turn accused the industry of price-gouging, with France’s finance minister last month ordering food producers to cut prices or face fines.
Nestlé, which makes Kit Kat chocolate wafer bars and Nescafe coffee, reported a 10.6% rise in earnings per share in the first half of 2023, when it raised prices by an average of 9.5%. It also reported higher-than-expected organic sales.
Price rises “will moderate” in the second half of the year and “be a lot more targeted to products that are still subject to input cost inflation,” Schneider said.
Nestlé and rival Danone are among firms whose product prices in France have risen by more than 10% this year, according to NielsenIQ data analysed for Reuters by Bernstein, potentially putting them under government pressure to renegotiate with French retailers.
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