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Household goods and packaged food makers are easing U.S. price increases to avoid losing American shoppers to retailers' less expensive private-label brands as a global trade war tests the limits of their pricing power at grocery stores.

Nestle posted higher sales that beat analysts' expectations, with broad-based growth across all markets and categories.

Nestle posted better-than-expected first-quarter organic sales growth on Thursday as the world's biggest packaged food company increased prices for its Kit-Kat chocolate bars and Nescafe-branded coffee.

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Nestlé's Q4 organic sales growth of +2.7% exceeded expectations, driven by balanced price increases and robust real internal growth. For FY25, Nestlé anticipates improved organic sales growth, focusing on balanced price increases amid rising commodity costs, particularly in cocoa and coffee. The Fuel for Growth program aims for significant cost savings, with CHF 700 million expected in 2025, primarily from procurement and operational efficiencies.

Nestle India said on Friday it received a warning from the country's markets regulator for a breach of insider trading regulations "by a designated person of the company."

Nestle faces growth challenges due to market saturation and competition, leading to flat sales and declining revenues over the past two years. The new CEO's plan focuses on operational efficiencies, cutting weaker brands, and reinvesting savings to achieve 4%+ organic growth and 17%+ margins. Nestle's valuation at 19 times forward earnings is now reasonable, but growth prospects remain limited.

Nestlé S.A. (OTCPK:NSRGY) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 13, 2025 4:30 AM ET Company Participants David Hancock - Head, IR Laurent Freixe - CEO Anna Olive Manz - EVP & CFO Conference Call Participants Guillaume Delmas - UBS Celine Pannuti - JPMorgan Jon Cox - Kepler Cheuvreux Warren Ackerman - Barclays Olivier Nicolai - Goldman Sachs Sarah Simon - Morgan Stanley James Jones - RBC Tom Sykes - Deutsche Bank AG Jeff Stent - BNP Paribas Exane David Hayes - Jefferies David Hancock Good morning, and welcome to Nestlé's Full Year 2024 Results Conference Call.

Packaged food provides safe, quality nutrition for people and reduces waste, Nestle's CEO said on Thursday, defending his company's products when asked how he would navigate incoming U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of packaged food.

Nestlé is a multinational company with strong brands and a diversified portfolio, including Nespresso and KitKat. Despite a lack of growth, Nestlé's still has strong fundamentals, making the recent price pullback a good buying opportunity. Nestlé aims to ignite a turnaround similarly to Unilever about a year ago, which could create significant upside.