© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Lindt chocolate is seen in their store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
(Reuters) – Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli said on Tuesday its 2023 profit rose, as it increased prices in a challenging year that saw the price of cocoa soar.
Net income rose 17.9% to 671.4 million Swiss francs ($758 million), slightly beating the 670 million francs forecast by analysts at Zuercher Kantonalbank.
($1 = 0.8853 Swiss francs)