Marmite-gate?

Shares in Unilever fell on Thursday morning after  the consumer good giant at the centre of Marmitegate warned that tough market conditions are “likely to continue” next year as it revealed lower than expected results on Thursday.

Shares in the company fell more than 4 per cent in early trading in London after the maker of Knorr soup and Dove shampoo said underlying revenue growth was 2.2 per cent in the three months ending in December compared to the 2.8 per cent expected by analysts in a Thomson Reuters poll.

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