Lindt & Sprüngli’s growth outperforms the chocolate market yet again

With consolidated annual sales 2012 worth CHF 2.670 bn (growth of 7.3% in Swiss Francs and 6.8% in local currencies) the Lindt & Sprüngli Group once again achieved growth well ahead of the overall chocolate market, despite the challenging economic environment, and won new market shares in practically every country and category. Organic growth is mainly attributable to substantially higher volumes. Almost all the subsidiary companies made significant contributions to this favourable trend. Progress on the main markets proved highly satisfactory. In Europe, Germany, France and the U.K. were the fastest- growing subsidiaries.

In the past financial year, the euro crisis and the accompanying economic background conditions worsened steadily, especially in the countries of southern Europe. The global economic slowdown even reached the dynamic emerging countries – although so far only to a relatively limited extent. With a continuing increase of investments in marketing and point-of-sale activities, together with innovative new product launches, the company’s seasonal and permanent business advanced strongly.

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