Fyffe’s full-year up €4m

FYFFES, Europe’s biggest importer and distributor of fruit and vegetables, said business has improved in the past three months and full-year earnings will be €4 million ($5 million) more than it expected in September.

Full-year profit before exceptional gains and goodwill costs will be “close to” last year’s figure of €68 million, said Brian Bell, a spokesman for Fyffes.

Fyffes said in September, when it published first-half results, that the sweltering conditions in most European countries during late July and August would cut third-quarter operating profit at the Dublin-based company by about €8 million.