Barry Callebaut CEO Says Staying in Russia Feels Right

Barry Callebaut CEO Says Staying in Russia Feels Right
The logo of chocolate and cocoa product maker Barry Callebaut is pictured during the company's annual news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, on Nov. 7, 2018. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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ZURICH—Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut will keep operating in Russia to help customers and employees there, even though images from the war in Ukraine create “enormous pressure,” it said on Wednesday.

Shares in the Zurich based-group fell more than 5 percent as some analysts worried about its—albeit small—exposure to the turbulent Russian market, as well as flattish first-half earnings per ton of chocolate sold.