FIRST QUARTER 2025 TRADING UPDATE

Strong start; reiterating 2025 guidance

Coca-Cola HBC AG, a growth-focused Consumer Packaged Goods business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company, today announces its Q1 2025 trading update.

 

First quarter highlights

Ongoing execution of our 24/7 strategy delivered 10.6% organic revenue growth1
  • Organic volume grew 1.8%, driven by a good performance in Emerging markets; Sparkling volumes grew 1.1% and Energy grew +25.5%
  • Organic revenue per case increased 8.7%, reflecting effective revenue growth management (RGM) initiatives
  • Reported revenue growth of 8.7%, with strong organic growth partially offset by FX translation headwinds in the Emerging segment
  • Value share gains in Non-Alcoholic Ready-To-Drink (NARTD) year-to-date, on top of strong gains in 2024
Organic revenue growth across all segments, despite a mixed environment, with a particularly good performance in Emerging
  • Established: Organic revenue up 2.1%, with a resilient volume performance and modest revenue-per-case expansion
  • Developing: Organic revenue increased by 4.6%, led by revenue-per-case expansion, with a small decline in volumes
  • Emerging: Organic revenue up 20.3%, driven by revenue-per-case expansion, and with a good volume performance
Further investment in our unique 24/7 portfolio and bespoke capabilities
  • Activated Coke & Meals campaigns across our markets through the period, leveraging the biggest consumption occasion of Coca-Cola. As of early April, nearly all our markets have started activating the “Share a Coke” campaign, with ongoing activation through the summer
  • Launched new innovations of Monster, continued to build stronger distribution of Monster Energy Green Zero Sugar and introduced various local marketing activations
  • Coffee volumes impacted by our joint strategic decision with Costa Coffee to refocus on the out-of-home channel, where we continue to see greater long-term potential
  • Continue to support packaging circularity and Austria launched a Deposit Return Scheme in January

We continued the positive momentum for our business as we report a strong start to the year, in a range of market conditions. Successful execution of our growth strategy has delivered organic revenue growth of 10.6% with increased volumes. The strength of our 24/7 portfolio and consistent investment behind our bespoke capabilities, combined with our segmented execution in the marketplace, have enabled us to deliver further revenue-per-case growth over the period.

We expect the broader macroeconomic and geopolitical environment to remain challenging and unpredictable, but we have a proven track record of navigating through periods of volatility, supported by our portfolio, capabilities and people. We are reiterating our financial guidance for the year ahead and expect to make further progress against our medium-term growth targets.

I would like to thank our teams for their commitment and hard work, and our customers, suppliers, The Coca-Cola Company and all our valued partners, for their ongoing support.

Zoran Bogdanovic Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola HBC AG

Q1 2025 vs Q1 2024 growth (%)

Net sales revenue

Volume

Net sales revenue per unit case

 

Organic1

Reported

Organic1

Reported

Organic1

Reported

Total Group

10.6

8.7

1.8

1.8

8.7

6.8

Established markets

2.1

2.5

-0.1

-0.1

2.2

2.6

Developing markets

4.6

5.4

-2.5

-2.5

7.3

8.1

Emerging markets

20.3

14.8

3.5

3.5

16.2

10.9

1For details on Alternative Performance Measures (‘APMs’) refer to ‘Alternative Performance Measures’ and ‘Definitions and reconciliations of APMs’ sections.