Coca-Cola HBC AG (CCHGY) Presents at Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference Transcript

SA Transcripts 162.14K Followers Follow Coca-Cola HBC AG ( CCHGY ) Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference September 9, 2026 12:00 PM EDT Company Participants Zoran Bogdanovic Conference Call Participants Laurence Whyatt - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Presentation Laurence Whyatt Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Well, thank you all very much for joining us at the Barclays Global Conference again today. I'm very pleased to have Zoran Bogdanovic from CCH, CEO of CCH, joining us. So we're going to have an interesting discussion about the evolution of Coke across a lot of European and African markets. Question-and-Answer Session Laurence Whyatt Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Zoran, why don't we kick off with the first half because you had a very strong set of figures. Were you happy with how the first half went? What were the highlights? And where are the sort of key areas you're looking to improve things? Zoran Bogdanovic Thank you, Laurence. We are very happy with the first half. I mean it came as a result of very hard work of really working close with customers, focusing on executing excellent initiatives that we had in the first half, of which, of course, the FIFA World Cup was highlight, but that also overlapped with our preparation for the season, which was really done well. So all that resulted in this very strong 9.6% and 7.5% volume, which is acceleration of our underlying volume versus Q1. Very pleased with the profit improvement that that resulted with. And I'd like to highlight that we are very happy with the consistency that this is 13th quarter in a row consecutively of having volume growth. So for us, even in the times when there was a quite inflationary environment, where price mix was a big thing, we really maintain focus that in the overall -- RGM and volume and mix and price -- all have to play