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Ditching Skippy continues to skew Unilever towards faster-growing emerging markets

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Offloading Skippy peanut butter - which still generates the majority of its $370m annual sales in th…
MagnumOffloading Skippy peanut butter - which still generates the majority of its $370m annual sales in the mature US market - will continue to skew Unilever’s portfolio towards faster-growing emerging markets, says one industry analyst.

In a note on Unilever’s deal to sell Skippy to Hormel Foods , Graham Jones, executive director of equity research for consumer staples at Panmure Gordon, said:
 
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