Unilever sticks to targets

Dove soap to Magnum ice-cream group Unilever today said it was on course to hit its targets for 2003.

The Anglo-Dutch consumer giant said it was confident that earnings from its 400 leading brands – such as Flora margarine, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Lipton tea and Knorr soups – would grow between 5% and 6% this year.