Overall sales in the first nine months of 2021 came to 1 516.2 mio euros (same period in 2020: 1 298.9 mio euros). The company's private label business contributed 17.6 per cent to total sales in the first nine months (same period in the previous year: 15.8 per cent).
Gross profit in the nine months was 456.4 mio euros, equivalent to a gross margin of 30.1 per cent (same period in 2020: 396.3 mio euros, 30.5 per cent.
The sales forecast for the full fiscal year 2021 remains unchanged in a range from 2.04 bn to 2.14 bn euros (previous year: 1.8 bn euros).