The company, which makes biscuits such as Good Day and Little Hearts, reported a profit of 9.32 billion rupees ($113.86 million), up from 3.71 billion rupees a year earlier. This also includes a one-time gain of 3.76 billion rupees from a stake sale.
“On the cost and profitability front, our pricing actions and intensified cost efficiency program helped mitigate inflation,” Managing Director and Vice Chairman Varun Berry said, adding that the Bengaluru-based company’s operating margin improved by 330 basis points.
“We are being vigilant of the competitive actions in the marketplace and shall deploy appropriate pricing actions to drive market share.”
India’s retail inflation, after hovering around 6% for about a year now, has eased in the last two months of 2022, allowing companies to be more optimistic about consumer spending in the upcoming quarters.
Consolidated total revenue from operations grew 17.4% to 41.97 billion rupees for the reported quarter.
In November, Britannia entered into a three-way joint venture with its subsidiary Britannia Dairy and French dairy products maker Bel SA to develop and sell cheese products in India and a few other markets.
As part of the deal, Britannia sold an equity stake of 49% it held in Britannia Dairy to Bel SA.
Britannia’s shares climbed 19.5% last year, outperforming a 4.3% increase in India’s bluechip Nifty 50 (.NSEI) index.
($1 = 81.8560 Indian rupees)
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