Coca-Cola HBC reports sales growth on caffeine demand

9 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 7

First-quarter sales rose to 2.71 billion euros, with organic growth of 11.6% and volumes up to 706 million unit cases.
Energy-drink volumes jumped 27%, helped by Monster innovation, while out-of-home coffee volumes climbed 39% as Costa Coffee and Caffe Vergnano expanded.
The bottler, listed in London and Athens, slightly missed analysts' organic-growth forecast but beat revenue expectations and kept full-year guidance for 6%-7% organic revenue growth and 7%-10% EBIT growth.

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