LONDON (Reuters) – Unilever on Thursday reported better than expected quarterly underlying sales, as the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream raised prices yet again to compensate for higher commodity and supply chain costs.
The British company reported a 10.5% rise in underlying sales to 14.8 billion euros ($16.37 billion), beating analysts’ average forecast for a 7.2% increase, according to a company-provided consensus.
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(Reporting by Richa Naidu; Editing by Mark Potter)
