date:May 23, 2014
ness, Litherland said.
He added it was on track to deliver 30m of annual cost savings by 2016.
Britvic, which also owns Tango and produces PepsiCo brands such as Pepsi, Mountain Dew Energy and 7UP in the UK, reported pre-tax profits of 45.3m in the 28 weeks to 13 April, up 20.8 per cent on the previous year.
Sales fizzed up 4.7 per cent to 670.7m as a strong performance in the UK and France helped offset a 5.2 per cent slump in sales in Ireland.
Litherland said while conditions remained chal