Net profit fell by 9.2% in the first quarter to BR222.8m ($92.8m), with the company attributing the disappointing performance to wet weather. “We are very strict with ourselves to never use the weather as an excuse for worse volumes but really in the first quarter it is undeniable that the weather got in the way,” said AmBev’s director of finance and investor Relations Felipe Dutra.
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