Illycaffè nine-month core profit up despite 20% increase in costs
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian premium coffee maker Illycaffè said on Wednesday its revenues rose 15% and its core profit improved in the first nine months of the year despite a 20% increase in raw materials and logistics costs.
The group, which is planning to go public by 2026, expects a double digit jump in revenues and a growth in profitability this year.
Illycaffè said its revenues were helped by a recovery of out-of-home consumption and they grew 32% in the Unites States, a key market in the group's strategy.
(Reporting by Elisa Anzolin, editing Federico Maccioni)