Lindt & Sprüngli revealed that its 2009 fiscal year  profits dropped by 35.4% as the economic downturn hit demand for its premium chocolate products. Lindt says that the global economic crisis caused the chocolate market have decline in sales for the first time in ten years. Price conscious consumers also increasingly looked to private label products, Lindt also mentions that the currency fluctuations and higher cocoa prices reduced their profitability.

Looking to the coming year, Lindt fore...
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