Lindt full-year profit rises on price increases By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Lindt chocolate is seen of their retailer on the Woodbury Frequent Premium Retailers in Central Valley, New York, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Picture

(Reuters) – Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli mentioned on Tuesday its 2023 revenue rose, because it elevated costs in a difficult 12 months that noticed the value of cocoa soar.

Internet earnings rose 17.9% to 671.4 million Swiss francs ($758 million), barely beating the 670 million francs forecast by analysts at Zuercher Kantonalbank.

($1 = 0.8853 Swiss francs)