Reuters
Danone is recouping some of the market share it lost to retailers' private label brands with high prices, it said on Thursday, winning both cash-strapped and wealthy shoppers. In recent quarters, companies like Danone, Nestle and P&G have said they plan now to ease price hikes and invest more in improving products and launching new ones to win back share. "The low-price segment in Danone's categories is growing fast, but the high price segment is also growing fast -- but the middle segment is a bit squeezed," CFO Juergen Esser said in an interview following a sales update.