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Segment Information - Divisions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
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Segment Information - Divisions | 3 SEGMENT INFORMATION - DIVISIONS
First Half |  | Beauty & Personal Care |  |  | Home Care |  |  | Foods & Refreshment |  |  | Total |
Turnover (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  |  | 10,084 |  |  |  | 5,048 |  |  |  | 11,220 |  |  |  | 26,352 |
2019 |  |  | 10,721 |  |  |  | 5,410 |  |  |  | 9,995 |  |  |  | 26,126 |
Change (%) |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | 7.2 |  |  |  | (10.9 | ) |  |  | (0.9 | )
Impact of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates(a) (%) |  |  | 2.2 |  |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Acquisitions (%) |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Disposals (%) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (13.0 | ) |  |  | (5.5 | )
Underlying sales growth (%) |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.4 |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 3.3 |
Price(a) (%) |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | 4.5 |  |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Volume (%) |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | 1.2 |
Operating profit (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 2,056 |  |  |  | 651 |  |  |  | 1,822 |  |  |  | 4,529 |
2019 |  |  | 2,322 |  |  |  | 652 |  |  |  | 1,615 |  |  |  | 4,589 |
Underlying operating profit (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 2,220 |  |  |  | 646 |  |  |  | 2,101 |  |  |  | 4,967 |
2019 |  |  | 2,469 |  |  |  | 756 |  |  |  | 1,829 |  |  |  | 5,054 |
Operating margin (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 20.4 |  |  |  | 12.9 |  |  |  | 16.2 |  |  |  | 17.2 |
2019 |  |  | 21.7 |  |  |  | 12.1 |  |  |  | 16.2 |  |  |  | 17.6 |
Underlying operating margin (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 22.0 |  |  |  | 12.8 |  |  |  | 18.7 |  |  |  | 18.8 |
2019 |  |  | 23.0 |  |  |  | 14.0 |  |  |  | 18.3 |  |  |  | 19.3 |
(a) | Underlying price growth in Venezuela and Argentina has been excluded when calculating the price growth in the tables above, and an equal and opposite adjustment made in the calculation of exchange rate impact. See page 6 for further details.
(b) | Restated following adoption of IFRS 16. Refer note 1 and note 9.
Turnover growth is made up of distinct individual growth components namely underlying sales, currency impact, acquisitions and disposals. Turnover growth is arrived at by multiplying these individual components on a compounded basis as there is a currency impact on each of the other components. Accordingly, turnover growth is more than just the sum of the individual components. Underlying operating profit represents our measure of segment profit or loss as it is the primary measure used for the purpose of making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of segments. Underlying operating margin is calculated as underlying operating profit divided by turnover.

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