Unilever gets off to solid start to 2025 as ice cream split plans on track

  • Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) reported better sales growth in the first quarter than City analysts expected and kept its full-year outlook unchanged.  The FTSE 100 consumer goods giant said its plan to spin off its ice cream unit – which it revealed will be called The Magnum Ice Cream Company – remained on track to be completed by the end of the year.