French poultry supplier LDC has posted a €364.8m (US$413.9m) turnover for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending 29 February 2004, an increase of 1.5% year-on-year, or 2.6% at constant exchange rates.

LDC’s poultry division recorded turnover of €333.6m, compared to €333.2m a year earlier. The group’s catering division posted an 18.7% rise in turnover to €31.2m.

LDC posted a turnover of €1.5bn for the 2002/03 fiscal year, up 11.6%, reported the French News Digest.