Lotus Bakeries generates revenues just north of €1.2B ATM, on which it makes a gross profit margin of about 40%, and an operating margin of about 16-17%, with net income of above 12%.

A lotus seed can withstand years without water, able to germinate over two centuries later. The flower also blooms in the most unlikely of places such as the mud of murky river water in Australia ...

And while any flower in your bouquet likely has a fascinating story behind it, no bloom possesses as profound a symbolism as the lotus flower. Its meanings weave deeply through many cultures.