Where next, both in geographic terms and new product development?
Dallemagne: We want to offer the fantastic benefits of tea to our consumers in all relevant forms: tea bags, RTD and powders. As far as geographies are concerned, we already have an impressive global footprint, with leadership in most markets across hot and cold. Lipton Ice Tea is present in about 60 countries through our JVs, and we want to increase that footprint. In terms of NPD, we have a number of projects in the pipeline. All of our future innovations will remain in line with the underlying vitality positioning that I’ve previously discussed, and they will leverage the intrinsic goodness of tea. Where do you hope to see Unilever Beverages in five years’ time? Dallemagne: Aside from having sustained the great growth and value contribution we have been delivering, I’d like our beverage business to be recognised as being closely connected with improving the lives of our consumers. Whether this is through the great feeling they get when they enjoy an ice-cold bottle of Lipton Ice Tea
