India's Tata Consumer Products beats quarterly profit view on packaged food demand
India's Tata Consumer Products beats quarterly profit view on packaged food demand Oct 26 (Reuters) - India's Tata Consumer Products TACN.NS reported a better-than-expected second quarter profit on Monday, helped by steady demand for its packaged foods and beverages as the company expands beyond its traditional tea and salt businesses.
The maker of Tata Salt and Tetley tea posted a consolidated net profit of 4.69 billion rupees ($49.26 million) for the quarter ended September 30, compared with 4.04 billion rupees a year earlier.
Analysts, on average, had expected a profit of 4.66 billion rupees, according to data compiled by LSEG.
($1 = 95.2100 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)
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