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Guinness Nigeria Plc on Tuesday announced a financial result of N102 billion revenue for the period ended June 30, 2016, resulting in an overall loss after tax of N2 billion when compared to the same period last year.
The loss posted by Guinness showed a massive loss in 30 years owing to economic downturn in the country.
Peter Ndegwa, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, said the combination of a tough economic environment and challenges with naira devaluation had a significant impact on the company’s overall performance.
“Our performance this year was impacted by two major factors, one being the very tough economic challenges around consumer spending, driving consumer preferences towards value brands across the sector, the other, and more significant factor being the effect of FX policy and the devaluation of the Naira,” said Mr. Ndegwa.
“When you take out the impact of the latter, our underlying performance for the year was broadly in line with the prior year in spite of the pressure on the top line.”
This year’s report was the company’s first set of results combining sales from both beer as well as International Premium Spirits (IPS) like Johnnie Walker and Baileys, following its acquisition of distribution rights from its parent company, Diageo, in January this year.
Babatunde Savage, Chairman, Guinness Nigeria Plc, said despite the continuing deterioration in the operating environment, the Board was pleased with the growth with the Guinness FES and Malta Guinness brands.
“We now have a strong participation in the growing value segment of the market through Satzenbrau and Dubic,” said Mr. Savage.
The loss posted by Guinness showed a massive loss in 30 years owing to economic downturn in the country.
Peter Ndegwa, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, said the combination of a tough economic environment and challenges with naira devaluation had a significant impact on the company’s overall performance.
“Our performance this year was impacted by two major factors, one being the very tough economic challenges around consumer spending, driving consumer preferences towards value brands across the sector, the other, and more significant factor being the effect of FX policy and the devaluation of the Naira,” said Mr. Ndegwa.
“When you take out the impact of the latter, our underlying performance for the year was broadly in line with the prior year in spite of the pressure on the top line.”
This year’s report was the company’s first set of results combining sales from both beer as well as International Premium Spirits (IPS) like Johnnie Walker and Baileys, following its acquisition of distribution rights from its parent company, Diageo, in January this year.
Babatunde Savage, Chairman, Guinness Nigeria Plc, said despite the continuing deterioration in the operating environment, the Board was pleased with the growth with the Guinness FES and Malta Guinness brands.
“We now have a strong participation in the growing value segment of the market through Satzenbrau and Dubic,” said Mr. Savage.