In its home country, people were the most pessimistic in January that they have been for two and a half years due to government austerity measures and the financial crisis, data from the central bank showed last week. Deceuninck"s sales decline, however, was less steep than the 20 percent
fall it saw in 2009, when the banking crisis was in full swing.
Full-year sales of EUR536 million (USD 695.4 million) were broadly in line
with analysts" consensus. |