Company: AKO-B
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000473
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Company: ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
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: Pritty, Refres Now (Manaos), Productores de Agua (Cunnington) and Produnoa (Secco). Based on reports by A.C. Nielsen, we estimate that in 2024, our average soft drink market share within our Argentine franchise territories reached approximately 57.8%.
Other Beverages: we service the market of flavored and plain waters with the brands Aquarius, Bonaqua and Benedictino. Based on reports by A.C. Nielsen, we estimate that in 2024, our average market share was 15.1%. In addition, the juices and others market is serviced by the Cepita, AdeS and Powerade brands. Based on reports by A.C. Nielsen, we estimate that in 2024, our average market share was 46.6%. Our biggest competitor in the water category is Danone, RPB (Baggio) in juices and InBev in sports drinks.
Paraguay
Soft Drinks: the soft drink segment of the Paraguayan beverage industry is highly competitive. The most important areas of competition are product image, pricing, advertising, ability to produce bottles in popular sizes and the number of returnable bottles held by retailers or by consumers.
Our greatest competitor, local brand “Niko/De La Costa,” is produced and bottled by Embotelladora Central S.A., which had a 10.6% market share in 2024. In 2024, Pepsi had a market share of 5.4%, and is produced and marketed by Vierci Group, a local franchisee. Based on reports by A.C. Nielsen, we estimate that in 2024, our average soft drinks market share within our Paraguayan franchise territories was approximately 74.6%.
Other Beverages: we are leaders in all non-carbonated categories. In waters, based on reports by A.C. Nielsen, we estimate that in 2024, our average market share was 52.2% with our Dasani, Aquarius, and Benedictino brands. The market for juices and others is serviced through the Del Valle, Kapo, Fresh and AdeS brands, Powerade in sport drinks, and Monster in energy drinks. Based on reports by A.C. Nielsen, we estimate that in 2024, our average market share was 58.3%.

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Seasonality
Each of our lines of business are seasonal. Most of our beverage products have their highest sales volumes during the South American