Coronavirus (COVID-19): how The Coca-Cola company is refocusing its business

By: Gyarmati Orsolya Date: 2020. 04. 27. 08:10

As part of its Q1 results announcement, the company withdrew its previous guidance for the full year. Coming into the quarter it was delivering sold volume growth of 3%, excluding China. However, as the pandemic spread globally, it experienced a significant change in consumer spending patterns. This included a major decline in away-from-home spending, stocking up in food retail and accelerated ecommerce growth, as stay at home mandates and social-distancing practices came into force.

Given that the out-of-home channel represents around half of the company’s revenues it is expecting a significant impact on its second quarter results. Since the start of April, it has seen global volume fall 25%, with most of the decline coming from its away-from-home business. This includes eating and drinking channels and on-the-go channels such as convenience. In some markets, such as India, social-distancing measures have also impacted at-home sales.

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