Caffè Nero delivered a jump in sales and profits in 2025 following new store openings, fresh menu innovations and strengthened partnerships with retailers.
For the financial year ending 31 May 2025, The Nero Group, which operates 1,154 stores across 11 countries, saw like-for-like sales grow 7% with overall sales up 13% to $800m (£585.2m).
Group EBITDA increased by 20% to $80m (£58.5m), while its continued openings programme saw 94 new stores added across the world, 60 of which were in the UK.
The Caffè Nero UK business increased sales by 10% to £366m in 2025, while UK EBITDA rose by 17% to £45.2m.
During the same year, the Coffee at Home business (packaged coffee) achieved sales of £8.8m, including in-store sales of £1.1m. This arm of the group also continued to strengthen its partnerships with major supermarket and retail partners, as sales through Amazon grew by 30%.
The UK business also saw a 17% increase in iced drink sales, which resulted from the expansion of the ‘Coffee over Ice’ menu range and the launch of its matcha range, which sold over 650,000 units.
“FY25 was a very positive and encouraging performance by the group,” said Caffè Nero founder and group CEO Gerry Ford. “Even though we faced tough trading conditions across all our territories and ongoing challenges with inflation and government-imposed costs in the UK, we continued to build sales momentum.
“We delivered a particularly strong Q4 performance in FY25 which gave us real momentum heading into the current financial year, FY26.”
In the first seven months of the 2026 financial year, like-for-like sales are up 5% and overall sales have risen by 9%. Like-for-like sales in the UK for the same period are also up 5%.
“We have continued to solidify our leading position in the premium coffee market,” Ford added. ”Our record sales are both pleasing to see and a real tribute to all the hard work our teams have put in to make our product and service something that consumers are choosing.”
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