15 Mar 2013 --- Despite the challenging underlying economic conditions and increasingly subdued consumer sentiment in some countries, Lindt & Sprüngli is still on track for success. In the past financial year, the group of companies succeeded once again in achieving a substantial increase in its sales, operating profit and net profit, outperforming the trend in all its markets. In doing so, the company confirmed the reliability of its announced growth and profit targets. The strong sales performance is accompanied by corresponding market share gains in practically all countries and categories and was assisted by all the subsidiary companies.