Wrigley Annual Report excerpts

摘要

William Wrigley, Jr.: "Some general observations, based on global reports: confectionery sales are showing an 8 percent growth rate and have reached almost $137 billion at retail. Looking forward, confectionery sales have one of the highest projected growth rates of all food categories. And while all confectionery subcategories are projected to continue growing over the next five years, the fastest-growing of all continues to be gum. Every major region of the world is contributing to that growth, particularly the developing geographies of Asia, eastern Europe and Latin America.