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Lower sales of Ballygowan bottled water, and a continued fall in the sale of third-party alcohol brands to pubs drove a 1.6% drop in annual revenues at the Irish division of British drinks group Britvic.

Revenues at the Irish division of British soft drinks producer Britvic fell in the first half of its financial year.

Ireland was the standout performer for British soft drinks producer Britvic in its latest financial year.

Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic Ireland is calling for more clarity around the Government’s sugar tax proposals, due for implementation next April.

In Ireland, Britvic said its wholesale distributor Counterpoint, “also performed well”. 

The soft drinks industry has hit out at a possible sugar tax saying it will not have the expected health benefits.

Soft drinks manufacturers claim a sugar tax could cost them €60m a year and cut revenue to the State while failing to improve public health.

British soft drinks group Britvic has reported continued growth in its Irish operations, with third-quarter revenues — covering the three-month period to the beginning of July — up 10.6%.

Strong sales of brands like Ballygowan and MiWadi drove a 4.1% rise in revenues at the Irish arm of international soft drinks producer Britvic in the first half of its current financial year.

Significant reductions in fat, sugar, salt, and calories have been achieved through reformulation that included changing the recipes of some of Ireland’s most popular foods and drinks.

The Irish operations of UK-owned soft drinks producer, Britvic has seen a return to annual growth, with revenue up 1.3%, in constant exchange rate terms, and sales volumes ahead by 2.6%.

The Irish operations of UK-owned soft drinks producer, Britvic, has seen its third consecutive quarter of revenue growth; with a 0.7% annualised rise evident in the 12 weeks to July 5; the third quarter of the company’s financial year.

Britvic — the British-owned international soft drinks producer — has reported a marginal turnaround in fortunes at its Irish operations.

British soft drinks group, Britvic has seen a further revenue decline in Ireland as well as an erosion of its market share here.

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.

Revenues at the Irish operations of international soft drinks group, Britvic fell by over 5% year-on-year in the first half of its current financial year.

Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic has reported another positive quarter for its Irish operations, saying like-for-like revenues for the three months to the end of December grew 2.1% to £34m (€41.2m).

The recent good weather boosted Britvic Ireland’s fourth quarter revenues by 1.8% year-on-year to £40.5m (€48m).

Ireland is the only region where international soft drinks producer, Britvic, is suffering from declining revenues.

International soft drinks producer, Britvic has said that revenues at its Irish operation fell by 9.6%, to £138.7m (€171m) in its latest financial year.

It’s not MiWadi, it’s Emma’s Wadi and it’s reportedly Ireland’s favourite squash.

First-quarter revenues at Britvic Ireland fell by 10%, on a year-on-year basis, worse than market expectations. Ireland has, for some time, been the weak link within the soft drinks group’s portfolio.

IRISH consumers drank 18 million litres less of Britvic products such as 7Up and Ballygowan in the last trading year as sales in pubs plunged.

Drinks group Britvic has reported pre-tax profits of £105.1m (€123m) for the 12 months to end September, up 0.5% from the previous year.

POOR weather and “very challenging macro-economic conditions” pushed fourth-quarter revenue at Britvic Ireland down by 8.3%, on a year-on-year basis.

REVENUES at the Irish operations of international soft drinks group, Britvic fell by 5.3% to just under £82 million (approximately €95m) — on a year-on-year basis — over the seven months to the middle of April.

Dublin/Cookstown: Soft drinks producer Britvic Ireland has agreed to buy Northern-based drinks wholesaler Quinn’s of Cookstown from the C&C-owned Tennents Northern Ireland for an undisclosed fee.

BRITVIC said it is committed to the Irish market despite fears of jobs losses and pay cuts in the new year following a restructuring of their Irish operations.

REVENUES at the Irish operations of soft drinks manufacturer Britvic have fallen by 5.2% across its latest financial year and the company is to undertake a second restructuring of its business here in as many years.

SOFT drinks group Britvic has reported a strong third- quarter performance for its Irish operations, but has warned that it doesn’t necessarily illustrate improved market conditions here.

Britvic's group revenue of £289.5m (€343.5m) in the quarter represents an increase of 16.2% on the prior year, it was announced today.

FIRST-HALF revenues at the Irish operations of British soft drinks manufacturer, Britvic fell by over 11% – making it the only division of the group to show a decline.

BRITVIC is not ruling out more job cuts in Ireland as revenue in the year to the end of September fell 5.6% to £189.5 million (€209.6m).

Britvic Ireland volumes for the quarter to September 30, 2009 were down 13.9% with euro revenues down 16.3%, the company announced today.

IRELAND remains a challenging market for soft drinks producer Britvic, the company has revealed in a trading update for the third quarter of its financial year.