date:Jul 21, 2012
The results, for the third quarter of its financial year, from April 16 to July 8, showed group revenues down by 7.6% to 300.1M. This included a negative currency impact of 2.5%. The firm attributed the results to low volume sales and poor weather plus the Fruit shoot recall.
The news was no worse than the City had expected and shares rose about 2% to 290.50.
The company had already admitted earlier this month that the Fruit Shoot recall, due to a safety problem with a new cap design, could