Britvic revenues fall at Irish unit

Britvic has reported an annualised decline of 2.5% in third-quarter revenues for its Irish operations, although sales volumes and market share rose during the period.

During the 12 weeks to July 6, the UK soft drinks group generated overall revenues of £329.5m (€415.3m) — up by more than 4% on the same period last year and driven by a near-5% revenue increase in Britain and a 5.6% sales jump in France.

In Ireland — which is the only one of Britvic’s geographical divisions to show a revenue decline — volumes actually increased by 1%, with market value share gains also being achieved in the carbonates and stills categories.