Cosun achieved net turnover for 2008 of € 1,689 million (2007: € 1,713 million). Loss of turnover following the sale of Unifine Sauces & Spices was largely compensated for by higher turnover at a number of other Cosun business groups. Operating profit fell by 14% to € 86 million.

Suiker Unie given green light to buy German sugar producer
Suiker Unie, a member of Royal Cosun, has reached agreement with Nordzucker on the acquisition of the Danisco Sugar facility in Anklam (northeast Germany). The German competition authority approved the transaction today. The acquisition concerns an independent company with its own sugar quota, customer base, sugar factory and related bio-ethanol production plant.