date:May 09, 2014
w kid on the block. Its operating profit margins in regular coffee are over 20% and more than 30% for Nespresso, Helvea estimates. At Jacobs Douwe Egberts, margins will be around 18.3%, Nomura analyst David Hayes estimates. Integrating the units will also create disruption. Nestle shares rose 0.4% in Zurich trading today, in line with the market.
Still, competition could heat up even further if Becht pulls off another deal.
Coffee is our bread and butter, he said. Further consolidation in the