Pandemic-stricken buyers seeking caffeine fix spur biggest quarterly rise in a decade
The shift to homeworking has turbocharged coffee sales during the pandemic, with global demand for the paraphernalia needed to make Americanos and espressos fuelling the biggest quarterly sales rise in a decade at Nestlé.
The Swiss food firm said sales of pods for its Nespresso coffee machines surged 17% in the first three months of 2021, and demand for jars of Nescafé instant coffee and products from its Starbucks-branded range was also up strongly.
