McPherson's Limited provided earnings guidance for the half year ended 31 December 2017. The company announced that it expects underlying profit before tax for the half year to 31 December 2017 to be 10% to 15% below the previous corresponding period. A comprehensive reforecast of current financial year outcomes just completed indicates that the difficult trading environment and soft consumer sentiment currently being experienced will result in a decline in first half of 2018 revenue in the order of 6% compared with last year.