Operating profit at the retail group fell from €13m to €9m. However, sales in the period under review rose from €793m to €850m. Volume sales of alcoholic beverages rose by 7.8% to 67.8m litres.
FINLAND: Profits down at Alko
Alko, the Finnish state-owned alcohol monopoly, reported a profit before tax and extraordinary items of €10m for the period from January to August, down from €16m in the corresponding period in 2001.