CARLO Gonzaga is CE of Taste Holdings.SUMMIT TV: Fast-food and jewellery company Taste Holdings reported a 55% jump in sales for the six months to the end of August, and headline earnings per share rose by 45% to 4.5c. A huge jump in sales — how much of that was organic?CARLO GONZAGA: We made an acquisition in February so that came through in the six months but as it turned out all the divisions chipped in this time around.STV: How much of that 55% jump was from the acquisition of the Fish & Chip Co?CG: Probably about 75% of the increase came from that — and you will see quite a big jump in our distribution business, which is a combination of Fish & Chip and now we are distributing products for Scooters, Maxis and St Elmo’s franchisees as well.STV: How much operating profit did the Fish & Chip business bring?CG: It’s quite difficult to separate them out because that’s combined in our food businesses. When we did disclose that it was about R2.1m for the month of February but we’ve si...
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