The Polish soft drinks group, Hoop SA, has said it expects to post a net profit for 2002 of PLN24m ($6.2m/€5.8m), against a net profit of PLN12.8m ($3.3m/€3.1m) in 2001.

The company is anticipating sales revenues of PLN329m ($84.7m/€79.1m) for 2002 against PLN254m ($65.4m/€61.1m) the year before. Hoop is planning to invest some PLN50m ($12.9m/€12m) in 2003.