Nestlé Waters has reported 5.4% organic growth in sales for FY14 with its Buxton and Pure Life brands performing strongly in the UK.
Total sales for the division stood at 7.4bn Swiss Francs (c£5bn) with 6.3% real internal growth and 9.7% trading operating profit margin.
The company said: “Nestlé Waters delivered solid broad-based organic and real internal growth in all three geographies. Nestlé Pure Life continued to be a growth engine, particularly in the emerging markets but also in North America and the United Kingdom. Perrier and S.Pellegrino, our premium international brands, continued to demonstrate our ability to create value in the category. Complementing these performances, strong local brands also delivered good growth, especially Buxton in the United Kingdom, Erikli in Turkey, La Vie in Vietnam and Yunnan Shan Quan in China.”
Group sales totalled 91.6bn Swiss Francs (£6.2bn) with 4.5% organic growth and 2.3% real internal growth.
