Danish brewer Carlsberg on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating 5 per cent rise in full-year operating profit, but warned it did not expect any improvements in a stubbornly difficult consumer environment.
The world’s third-largest brewer and larger rivals Anheuser-Busch InBev and Heineken have been struggling to grow sales volumes, hit by everything from bad weather to geopolitical uncertainty.
Carlsberg forecast further profit growth of 2 per cent to 6 per cent in its current
