August 31 (SeeNews) - Diversified group Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria [BUL:ZHBG] said that its consolidated net profit, excluding minority interests, rose to 2.5 million levs ($1.4 million/1.3 million euro) in the first half of 2023 from some 2 million levs in the like period of last year, chiefly due to lower expenses.