Brief: Axfood Q1 Operating Profit Rises To SEK 485 Million

Axfood AB

25/04/2019 06:22

April 25 (Reuters) - Axfood AB  AXFO.ST :
    * STRONG START TO 2019
    * Q1 CONSOLIDATED NET SALES SEK 11.93 BILLION VERSUS SEK
11.44
BILLION YEAR AGO
    * Q1 OPERATING PROFIT SEK 485 MILLION VERSUS SEK 435 MILLION
YEAR
AGO
    * AXFOOD'S Q1 WAS CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG GROWTH AND HIGHER
EARNINGS
    * "AS I SUM UP Q1 IT IS CLEAR THAT AXFOOD IS FOLLOWING UP
ITS
RECORD YEAR 2018 WITH A STRONG Q1 IN 2019" - CEO

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