Britvic Ireland has said its fourth quarter revenues fell by 8.5% due to the weaker performance of third party brands distributed via the licensed wholesale business.
Revenues at its Irish operations for the full year fell by 9.6%, but the company said it continued to keep its market share here.
In a trading update today, Britvic Ireland also noted that the Irish market remains very challenging with the average shopping trip spend now at its lowest level since 2005.
Overall group revenues fell by 0.8% to £1.254 billion mainly due to the Fruit Shoot recall which impacted the GB still performance as well as international and France.
In July, the company was forced to withdraw its Fruit Shoot drinks in the UK and Europe because of a faulty cap which gave rise to packaging safety issues in the UK. Ireland was not affected by the recall as the Irish drinks have a different cap.
Britvic said the recall would cut between £15-25m sterling from profit before tax for the current and next financial years.
Britvic's chief executive Paul Moody said that the company is confident of delivering its expectations for the full year.
