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Haselünne, May 7, 2025 – Berentzen-Gruppe Aktiengesellschaft (ISIN: DE0005201602), which is listed on the Regulated Market (General Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN: DE0005201602), has published its Interim Report for the first quarter of the 2025 financial year. In the first three months, the group generated consolidated revenues of EUR 39.0 million (Q1/2024: EUR 40.9 million). Consolidated operating profit before interest and taxes (consolidated EBIT) amounted to EUR 1.2 million (Q1/2024: EUR 1.3 million), while consolidated operating profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (consolidated EBITDA) totalled EUR 3.3 million (Q1/2024: EUR 3.4 million).

“Our positive operating result is largely on a par with the same quarter of the previous year”, explains Oliver Schwegmann, CEO of Berentzen-Gruppe Aktiengesellschaft, adding: “This also applies to consolidated revenues, adjusted for the effect of the sale of the Grüneberg site.” The decline in consolidated revenues is therefore almost entirely attributable to the discontinuation of the regional mineral water business at the Grüneberg site, which the Berentzen Group sold last year for strategic reasons. “All in all, this means that the Berentzen Group has become leaner while remaining profitable. This will enable us to improve our return on sales step by step”, says Schwegmann.

The performance of the strategic focus brands Berentzen and Mio Mio in the first quarter was particularly positive. Revenues generated with products of the Berentzen brand rose by more than ten percent compared with the same period last year, while those with products of the Mio Mio brand increased by just under nine percent. “We are particularly pleased that Mio Mio has thus returned to a solid growth path”, explains Schwegmann. Fruit juicers from Citrocasa, which are a strategic focus, also achieved a 3.5 percent increase in revenues in the first few months.

Further outlook for the 2025 financial year

A wide range of measures and initiatives are planned for the 2025 financial year to generate revenue growth while continuing to improve the profitability of the Berentzen Group. In February, products of the Mio Mio brand were launched in cans for the first time. “The launch has been extremely successful. We have already been able to tap into new sales channels. For example, we have succeeded in convincing a well-known German drugstore chain of the product and achieved a national listing. The corresponding deliveries started shortly before Easter”, says Schwegmann. Since Easter, the Berentzen brand has also been back on high-reach TV after a long absence. “This broad-based marketing and media campaign will lead to significant sales momentum”, Schwegmann is convinced. In addition, numerous new products in the spirits division are currently in the launch phase. Important projects have also been launched in the supply chain with the aim of further improving production and logistics efficiency.

“With this extensive bundle of measures and initiatives, we are also addressing the current challenges in our sales markets, which are characterised by an increasingly uncertain economic situation and further intensifying consumer restraint. Nevertheless, we are optimistic that this package will prove effective over the course of the year”, explains Schwegmann. The Berentzen Group therefore remains committed to its growth amitions, which are reflected in the annual forecast for the 2025 financial year. According to this, Berentzen-Gruppe Aktiengesellschaft expects consolidated revenues for the 2025 financial year in the range of EUR 180.0 million to 190.0 million. (2024: EUR 181.9), consolidated EBIT between EUR 10.0 and 12.0 million (2024: EUR 10.6 million) and consolidated EBITDA between EUR 19.0 and 21.0 million (2024: EUR 19.3 million).

The Interim Report Q1/2025 is published here.