Reuters
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Consumer goods conglomerate Nestle India Ltd said it was seeing early signs of softening of prices in commodities such as edible oil and packaging materials, against the backdrop of surging inflation. Nestle, which sells the popular Maggi instant noodles, KitKat chocolates and Nescafe coffee in the country, said on Thursday profit for the quarter ended June 30 slipped 4.3% to 5.15 billion rupees, hurt by expenses, which rose 21%. Last week, Unilever's India unit warned that its margins would remain under pressure in the September quarter and growth would be driven by price hikes.