“In the period, sales momentum across our portfolio has continued to gain pace. Strong performances from all our core carbonates brands and some real momentum behind the Rubicon brand have delivered excellent revenue growth.
“The early integration of the Rubicon business has gone to plan and is now beginning to deliver further opportunities to grow the brand across a wider front. The acquisition has, to date, been financially enhancing to our business and is also improving our overall business balance across product sectors and geographically. As a consequence of our increased focus on cash across the business, we’ve delivered strong free cash flow and improvements in our net debt position ahead of expectations.
“Comparative sales growth in the second half of the year is more challenging than that of the first half. However, we believe we’re well positioned to meet our expectations for the full year.”
Source: AG Barr
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