
Nestle (NESN.S) has launched a review of its underperforming vitamins business that could lead to the divestment of some brands, it said on Thursday, after reporting its first-half sales volumes grew more slowly than analysts expected.
Shares in Nestle, the world’s biggest food producer, fell to a six-month low in early market trade and were 4.7 per cent lower by 0950 GMT.
As the economic downturn globally has squeezed customers