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Nestlé S.A. posts 3.3% organic growth in first nine months of 2025, reports SFr 65.9 billion in sales
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Wednesday, 22 October, 2025, 13 : 00 PM [IST]
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Vevey, Switzerland
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Nestlé has reported a solid performance in the first nine months of 2025, posting an organic sales growth (OG) of 3.3%, while total reported sales came in at SFr 65.9 billion, down 1.9% year-on-year due to adverse foreign-exchange effects.
The company revealed that real internal growth (RIG) – which strips out pricing, mix and acquisitions – reached 0.6%, while pricing contributed 2.8% to the growth mix. In the third quarter alone, organic growth improved to 4.3%, with RIG rebounding to 1.5%, signalling acceleration across regions and categories.
Regional & business-unit highlights
- The Europe zone registered organic growth of 4.3%, with RIG of 0.5% and pricing of 3.7%.
- The Asia, Oceania & Africa (AOA) zone excluding Greater China saw organic growth of around 5.3% in the nine months, with stronger real-growth trends in Q3; but Greater China remained a drag, with organic growth of -6.1% and RIG of -2.9%.
- Among business segments, the premium coffee business Nespresso delivered organic growth of 6.7%, driven by pricing and growing real internal growth across geographies.
Nestlé’s new CEO Philipp?Navratil (appointed September 2025) emphasised that “driving RIG-led growth is our number one priority. We have been stepping up investment and the results are starting to come through.” The company said it will intensify its “Fuel for Growth” cost-savings program, increasing its target to SFr 3.0 billion by end-2027, up from SFr 2.5 billion previously. Headcount reductions of around 16,000 over the next two years are part of the plan.
Despite the negative effect of currency movements (-5.4% impact) and regional headwinds (especially in Greater China), Nestlé remains optimistic that organic growth will improve compared to 2024, with an underlying operating profit margin (UTOP) expected at or above 16%. For the food & beverage sector, the results underscore the importance of real volume growth (not just pricing), investment in high-growth segments (premium coffee, innovation) and the need to manage foreign-exchange and regional-specific risks.
For markets like India, where pricing power and premiumisation are strong tailwinds, Nestlé’s focus on RIG may offer lessons for domestic players facing cost inflation and slowing volume growth.
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