Switzerland's Barry Callebaut , the world's biggest chocolate maker, on Wednesday appointed Peter Feld as its new chief executive after lowering sales volume guidance as inflation-hit consumers cut back on purchases.
Volumes have been hit by inflation dampening demand, the company said.
The chocolate maker now forecasts full-year volume growth to be "flat to modest," Chief Financial Officer Ben De Schryver said."Today's news is unlikely to reassure investors," Vontobel analyst Jean-Philippe Bertschy said. The 2023 guidance reset was not surprising but "the magnitude of the downward revision is significant," he added.
The company said that the sales volumes decline moderated in the second quarter, slowing to -0.5%, from -5.1% in the previous quarter. Revenue grew 3.7% to 4.2 billion Swiss francs as the company managed to pass higher raw material costs to customers, it added.
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