Chilling Changes: Unilever To Separate Iconic Ice Cream Brands In Strategic Shake-Up
Chilling Changes: Unilever To Separate Iconic Ice Cream Brands In Strategic Shake-Up
Consumer giant Unilever plc (NYSE:UL) plans to separate its Ice Cream business and focus on a portfolio of brands with strong positions in attractive categories with complementary operating models.
消費巨頭聯合利華公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：UL）計劃分離其冰淇淋業務，專注於在具有吸引力的類別中具有強勢地位且運營模式互補的品牌組合。
Ice Cream has a very different operating model, and as a result, the Board has decided that the separation of Ice Cream best serves the future growth.
冰淇淋的運營模式截然不同，因此，董事會決定冰淇淋的分離最有利於未來的增長。
The Ice Cream business has five of the top 10 selling global ice cream brands, including Wall's, Magnum, and Ben & Jerry's.
在全球銷量排名前十的冰淇淋品牌中，冰淇淋業務有五個，包括華爾氏、瑪格南和Ben & Jerry's。
The separation of Ice Cream will create a business, with brands that together delivered a turnover of €7.9 billion in 2023.
冰淇淋的分離將創造一項業務，這些品牌在2023年共實現了79億歐元的營業額。
Following the demerger, Unilever will become simpler by operating four Business Groups across Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Nutrition.
分拆後，聯合利華將通過經營美容與健康、個人護理、家庭護理和營養四個業務集團來變得更加簡單。
This will assist Unilever's management in accelerating the implementation of its Growth Action Plan (GAP), which was announced in October 2023.
這將幫助聯合利華管理層加快實施其於2023年10月宣佈的增長行動計劃（GAP）。
The separation activities will begin immediately, with full separation expected by the end of 2025.
隔離活動將立即開始，預計到2025年底全面分離。
Also, Unilever intends to launch a productivity program, which is anticipated to deliver total cost savings of around €800 million over the next three years.
此外，聯合利華還打算啓動一項生產力計劃，預計該計劃將在未來三年內總共節省約8億歐元的成本。
These changes are expected to impact around 7,500 predominantly office-based roles globally.
這些變化預計將影響全球約7,500個以辦公室爲主的職位。
"The separation of Ice Cream and the delivery of the productivity programme will help create a simpler, more focused, and higher performing Unilever," said Chair Ian Meakins.
主席伊恩·梅金斯說：“將冰淇淋分離和生產力計劃的實施將有助於創建更簡單、更專注、績效更高的聯合利華。”
The total restructuring costs are expected to be around 1.2% of group turnover for the next three years.
預計未來三年重組總成本將佔集團營業額的1.2％左右。
Post separation, Unilever aims to deliver mid-single-digit underlying sales growth and modest margin improvement.
分離後，聯合利華的目標是實現中等個位數的基礎銷售增長和利潤率的適度提高。
Price Action: UL shares are trading higher by 3.17% at $50.06 in premarket on the last check Tuesday.
價格走勢：在週二的最後一次盤前支票中，UL股價上漲3.17％，至50.06美元。
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