Meituan sales top forecast as China food delivery leader takes on world

Meituan sales top forecast as China food delivery leader takes on world Meituan sales top forecast as China food delivery leader takes on world

HONG KONG — Meituan posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday, as the Chinese food delivery company aggressively expands with heavy discounting.

From October to December last year, Meituan logged total sales of 88.49 billion yuan ($12.2 billion), up 20.1% on the year and beating an average forecast of 87.7 billion yuan by analysts surveyed by LSEG.