Cadbury records a sweet 24% profit despite damaging salmonella scare

CADBURY yesterday posted a 24% hike in group pre-tax profits of £402 million (€589m) for the first half of the year despite the impact of the salmonella scare and the subsequent product recall.

The company added that it expected full-year revenues growth to be “towards the upper end of our goal range” of 3% to 5% but added it was “still monitoring the trading impact of the UK recall”.

Last year, Cadbury revenues reached £6.5 billion.