JSE-listed integrated poultry producer Astral Foods has posted a loss of R621-million for the financial year ended September 30, owing to detrimental impacts from loadshedding and avian influenza.
The group’s operating profit decreased by 143% compared with an operating profit of R1.4-billion the prior financial year, while headline earnings a share decreased by 148% year-on-year to a loss of R13.24.