The Group delivered strong reported growth in Q3, driven by the Britvic acquisition, solid underlying volume and revenue growth in Western Europe and sequential improvement in Asia.
Reported volume growth 16.2%, organic volume development -3.0%
Reported revenue growth 17.8%, organic revenue development -1.4%
CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen says:
“We delivered strong reported growth driven by the Britvic acquisition. We also achieved solid underlying volume and revenue growth in Western Europe and saw sequential improvement in Asia, supported by strong performance of our premium portfolio in most markets. These results were achieved despite continued challenging consumer sentiment across our regions and a heightened adverse impact from the war on our business in Ukraine.
“In light of the current soft market conditions and as part of our well-embedded performance management process, we have, since early summer, been taking decisive actions to adjust our cost base. This is being done to protect continued earnings growth and enable uninterrupted investments in our business – particularly in commercial and digital initiatives – to drive long-term value growth.
“The integration of Britvic is progressing very well. We recently raised our cost synergy expectations and are very pleased with the momentum of the business. We continue to have strong confidence in the advantages of combining beer and soft drinks and the long-term value creation opportunities offered by the Britvic acquisition.”
Vice President, Investor Relations