NEW DELHI: In the dock over alleged lapses of food safety standards in its famous Maggi noodles, Nestle India has disclosed having spent Rs 445 core on 'advertising and sales promotionlast year, while the expenses towards 'quality testing' was less than 5 per cent of such amounts.
Similar has been the trend over the last five years, when the 'advertising and sales promotion' expenses ranged between Rs 300-450 crore annually, while expenditure on 'laboratory or quality testing' moved between Rs 12-20 crore.
An analysis of the annual financial accounts of the Indian arm of the Swiss multinational giant Nestle shows that the expenses towards employees have risen the most in the last five years - up by about 75 per cent from Rs 433 crore in the year 2010 to Rs 755 crore in 2014.
The company follows a financial year ending December 31. In comparison, the advertising and sales promotion expenses has risen by 47 per cent from Rs 302 crore in 2010 to Rs 445 crore in 2014. In the same period, the 'laboratory or quality testing' expenses rose by 45 per cent from Rs 13 crore to Rs 19 crore.
Experts, however, say that similar trend could be seen at other such companies as all of them spend huge sums on brand promotions.
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