Organic growth reached 7.8%, with pricing of 8.4% and real internal growth (RIG) of -0.6%. Growth was broad-based across geographies and categories. Total reported sales decreased by 0.4% to CHF 68.8 billion (9M-2022: CHF 69.1 billion). Foreign exchange decreased sales by 7.4%. Net acquisitions had a negative impact of 0.8%. Portfolio management progressing. In the third quarter, Nestlé announced an agreement to acquire a majority stak...

Mr. Misarokov, how have the crises of recent years transformed the thinking and actions of logisticians? What mistakes should the industry not make again? The last years have put us in front of trials that have brought us together extremely. We increasingly value the investments we make in the development of our people. Hard times have proven how flexible and adaptable we really need to be. It is true that our team has handled all the challenges very well, and we have mana...

Covid-19 also had some positive effects on coffee consumption. For example, the pandemic has led to an increase in interest in making coffee at home. Tell us about your positioning in this segment. This period changed many consumer habits in different categories and coffee is one of the highly influenced. Although out-of-home consumption is recovering this year, making high-quality coffee at home remains stronger than ever. Costa Coffee is highly popular among the Bulgaria...

Mars Will Cut Carbon in Half – or by roughly 15 million metric tons – by 2030 Across Full Value Chain and Will Continue Investing in Climate Action Despite Weaker Global Economy Mars has published an open-source action plan – its Net Zero Roadmap – to accelerate action towards achieving Net Zero emissions, including a new target to cut carbon in half by 2030 across its full value chain. This target is a Shareholder Objective. Mars is inves...

With joint efforts, they cleaned polluted locations near Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv, Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo and Stara Zagora. The initiative is organized for the 16th year in a row, supporting World Cleanup Day and the bTV media campaign "Let's clean up Bulgaria together". The volunteers collected separately more than 760 bags of plastic, paper, glass, metal and textile waste, which were handed over for recycling. The largest group of...