Bonduelle profits down

French agrofood company Bonduelle has announced six-monthly profits of 15.4 million Euros, down by 17.2 percent on the previous year. Operating profits were also down by 5.2 percent, impacted by one-off charges ; the company referred to poor production campaign in the summer of 2003 hit by the heatwave, industrial reorganisation costs and investments in new sites in Germany and Russia.