Nestle's India unit posts marginal rise in profit on improved demand

Nestle India

16/10/2025 07:25

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Nestle India NEST.NS posted a marginal increase in second-quarter profit on Thursday, benefiting from improving urban demand for items such as Maggi noodles and Nescafe coffee.

The Indian arm of Swiss food major Nestle NESN.S said profit before exceptional items and tax rose to 10.29 billion rupees ($117.07 million) in the three months ended September 30 from 10.21 billion rupees a year ago.

($1 = 87.8987 Indian rupees)

 (Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru and Praveen Paramasivam in Chennai; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)

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