date:Aug 08, 2014
UK-listed Coca-Cola HBC, the second-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products, said rising tensions between Russia and the West would hit volumes this year.
The company said volumes fell 3pc in the first half of the year, with sales revenue sliding 6pc to 3.18bn (2.5bn) and net profits dropping 11pc to 99m.
Geo-political tension in Russia and Ukraine drove the decline, Coca-Cola HBC said. Volumes also fell in Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Italy, which on Wednesday entered its fourth rec