Danone Q3 Sales Seen 0.8 Percent Lower

Paris, Oct 20 - French food group Danone is expected to post a 0.8 percent drop in third-quarter sales, according to a poll of 11 analysts by Reuters.

Following is a summary of analyst estimates for the results due Friday (sales figures in billions of euros, growth figures in percent):

             SALES    ORGANIC   VOLUME    DAIRY
                       GROWTH   GROWTH   VOLUME
                                         GROWTH
 MEAN        3.817      3.16     4.93     4.59
 MEDIAN      3.799      3.10     4.85     4.45
 MAX         3.926      4.40     6.10     6.50
 MIN         3.800      2.30     4.40     3.50
 Q3 2008     3.846      8.3      2.6     -0.2
 % change    -0.8