Barry Callebaut AG (0QO7) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, and welcome everyone to the Barry Callebaut Group nine months key sales figures fiscal year twenty twenty five twenty six. My name is Becky, and I will be your operator today. I will now hand over to your host, Sophie Lang, Head of Investor Relations, to begin. Please go ahead. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Barry Callebaut's nine month key sales figures conference call for 2025 to 2026. I'm Sophie Lang, Head of Investor Relations, and today's meeting will be hosted by our CEO, Ivan Shimako, and our CFO, Peter Van Aster. As usual, at the end of our presentation, we'll have a short Q and A session for analysts and investors. Before we start, please take note of the disclaimer on Slide two. I'd also like to remind you that the webcast and conference call are being recorded. And with that, I will hand you over to our CEO. Thank you, Marco. Thanks, Sofia, and good morning, everyone. And thank you, of course, for joining us for our nine month trading update. I will start with some key messages followed by an update on our focus for growth action plan and strategic priorities and then Peter will take you through our sales performance in more detail and afterwards come back at the end of the presentation. Let me start with a brief overview of the key messages. While key sales volumes decreased for the nine months, the group has returned to positive volume growth in the third quarter for the first time in more than two years. This was supported by elevated demand in our global cocoa business following the sharp correction in cocoa product prices earlier in the year alongside a low base of comparison. Our global chocolate business also returned to growth in Q3 supported by strong momentum in EMEA and early progress in restoring service levels in North America. And ...