Foods serve up solid results for IAWS

SOLID growth across its lifestyle foods businesses in Europe and the US yielded better-than-expected first-half results from IAWS Plc.

Total sales for the six months to January 31, 2006 rose by over 13% to €715 million, but that falls to 4.4% when foreign currency differences and acquisitions are taken into account.

Total operating profit came to €46m for the six months and the food division accounted for almost €41m of that.