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Lindt lifts growth outlook on consumer loyalty

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli has today raised its organic sales growth forecast for 2025, citing consumer loyalty and a trend towards more premium products.

Business • 22 Jul

Lindt & Spruengli has reported a slightly better than expected full-year operating profit

Chocolate price hikes sweeten Lindt's operating profit

Switzerland's Lindt & Spruengli has today reported a slightly better than expected full-year operating profit, demonstrating its pricing power in the face of historically high cocoa prices.

Business • 04 Mar

Cocoa prices nearly tripled over 2024, and analysts are expecting the chocolate market to face an unprecedented cost headwind this year

Lindt sees further growth in 2025 despite cocoa costs

Lindt & Spruengli has lifted 2024 margin estimate and forecast further sales growth for 2025, after reporting 7.8% organic growth for last year in a sign that price hikes have not deterred shoppers from splurging on chocolates.

Business • 14 Jan

The Swiss chocolate maker passed on increasing raw material costs to customers amid a slowdown in the global chocolate market last year

Lindt profit up on price hikes amid chocolate slowdown

Lindt & Spruengli has today reported a rise in annual profit as the Swiss chocolate maker managed to pass on higher ingredients costs to customers while maintaining volumes amid a broader slowdown in the global chocolate market.

Business • 05 Mar 24

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli today said its 2023 sales came in ahead of market expectations

Lindt & Spruengli 2023 sales boosted by higher prices

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli today said its 2023 sales grew by 10.3% organically and came in ahead of market expectations, boosted by higher product prices and strong sales of its pralines across markets.

Business • 16 Jan 24

Demand for the company's chocolates is expected to grow this year as Covid saw consumers increasingly splurge on sweet treats

Lindt sees sales growth ahead for 2022

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli said today it expects demand for its upmarket chocolates to grow this year after the pandemic saw consumers increasingly splurge on sweet treats.

Business • 18 Jan 22

Lindt & Spruengli said it gained market share in nearly all countries in which it is present

Lindt & Spruengli's second half sales recover

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli said it expected to further gain market share this year after consumers fighting Covid frustration with chocolate helped sales recover in the second half of 2020.

Business • 19 Jan 21

Lindt has fared better than its peers thanks to its upmarket positioning

Lindt promises sweet dividend and further growth

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli has today proposed a sweeter payout to shareholders, increasing its dividend by 75% to mark its 175th anniversary.

Business • 03 Mar 20

Lindt today reiterated its target for 6-8% growth over the medium to long term

Chocolate maker Lindt confirms full year outlook

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli said it was on track to achieve its growth target this year after organic growth accelerated in the first half of 2018.

Business • 24 Jul 18

Global chocolate demand is down as consumers tend to prefer healthier snacks

Lindt expects to maintain 6% sales growth in 2017

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli expects like-for-like sales to increase by another 6% this year, at the lower end of its long-term target.

Business • 07 Mar 17

Chocolate makers are grappling with soaring input costs for raw materials such as cocoa beans and butter

Lindt confirms full-year target as H1 profit rises

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli confirmed its full-year sales and profitability target after net profit rose 14%in the first half.

Business • 19 Aug 14

Lindt & Spruengli loses court battle to protect its gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies from imitation

Lindt loses Easter bunny trademark case

Swiss premium chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli has lost a court battle to protect its gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies from imitation by a German rival.

Business • 28 Mar 13

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