nestle waters reported over $500 million (USD) in earnings (before interest and taxes) in 2008. they made over $9 billion (USD) in sales. sales from the u.s. and canada made up almost half (48%) of that. parent company, nestle, made well over $15 billion (USD) in net earning and $107 billion (USD) in sales. nestle is a swiss company, hence the clarification that dollar amounts have been converted to US dollars. currency amounts mentioned hereafter refer to our regular ol’ washingtons and benjanins.
nestle waters north america has donated $1 million in bottled water to relief efforts in haiti. now, is that a million $1 bottles at a cart stand in new york? because that would be 1 million bottles. or, would it be a million dollars worth of $5 yankee stadium water bottles? because that would be 200,000 bottles. or, are they donating the number of bottles equal to $1 million in production costs, which i’m assuming is cents on the dollar. they are expected to have a 13.2% profit margin in 2010.