Monday, February 1, 2016

AG Barr sees revenue up when festal cheer



AG Barr (BAG.L), the maker of Irn-Bru and Rubicon fizzing drinks, same it expected fourth-quarter revenue growth in more than two.5 percent, when a sturdy performance within the Christmas amount.

The Cumbernauld, Scotland-based soft drinks maker same its commercialism strategy and complete execution helped it offset a difficult and extremely competitive Britain market.

Soft drink manufacturers round the world like PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Co are introducing beverages with less sugar and additional natural ingredients as shoppers flip calorie-conscious and pick merchandise perceived as healthier.

Barr, whose Irn-Bru fizzing orange drink outsells Coca-Cola in European country, bought cocktail mixer business Funkin last year for concerning twenty one million pounds, to expand its drinks portfolio.

The firm's main rival within the Britain is Britvic (BVIC.L), that makes Robinsons squash and Tango, same in Gregorian calendar month it expected full-year 2016 profit growth when a slow begin to the year.

"In a difficult market, Barr has delivered the improved half we have a tendency to hoped to visualize. Growth came, rounded off with a soundly dead Christmas," analysts at Investec Securities wrote in a very note.

AG Barr same on Friday it currently expects revenue for the fifty three weeks ending Jan. thirty to be around 257 million pounds. It according revenue of 260.9 million pounds last year.

Analysts expect the corporate to report a full-year pretax profit of forty one.39 million pounds on revenue of 260.11 million pounds, in step with a Reuters estimate.

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