Astral Foods warns of big drop in headline earnings as power cuts wreak havoc

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The price of producing a chicken currently exceeds the selling price by R2/kg, the poultry group said

Poultry producer Astral Foods expects a huge drop in its headline earnings in its next half-year results because of load-shedding as it looks to recover input costs by hiking selling prices.

The company, valued at R6.85bn on the JSE, said in an update on Wednesday headline earnings per share , a profit measure that strips out impairments and one-off items, will fall by 90% year on year to 142c for the six months end-March...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.

 

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