The year 2025, marking Lavazza's 130th anniversary, saw the launch of the revolutionary 100% coffee tab for the Tablì system
TURIN, Italy, April 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the Lavazza Group approved the 2025 financial statements, within an economic environment that remains characterized by an unprecedented level of complexity for the global coffee supply chain.
"We are operating in an economic context still marked by extreme volatility in coffee prices. It is becoming increasingly difficult to make forecasts, but the storm is not over yet", commented Antonio Baravalle, CEO of the Lavazza Group, "Despite the overall complex scenario, which has also led to a decline in sales volumes, we managed to close 2025 with positive results across our key financial indicators. However, we are not yet in calm waters: the volatility of the coffee market has now become structural, raw material costs remain under pressure, geopolitical tensions continue to reshape global balances, and the regulatory landscape adds further complexity. In this scenario, our priority remains to maintain discipline and focus, protecting our People, our Brands and our ability to continue investing in the long term, while also preserving consistency in our positioning and the high-quality standards that have always distinguished the trust-based relationship with our consumers."
The year 2025 falls within a multi-year phase of strong pressure on green coffee and system costs impacting the entire sector. The increase in costs cannot be attributed to a single factor, but rather to the result of a true "perfect storm" built over time: the effects of climate change and extreme weather events in producing countries; a very challenging geopolitical context with global repercussions; a logistics crisis that has driven up costs and extended delivery times; regulatory uncertainty, which continues to generate complexity and cautious behavior along the supply chain; a growing speculative component in international commodity markets; and structural costs now stabilized at significantly higher levels than in the pre-2020 period. Within this context, in 2025 the issue of tariffs in the United States further affected sector and supply chain dynamics, contributing to increased uncertainty and cost pressures, with effects reflected throughout the entire value chain and on industrial and logistics planning decisions. This combination of factors is driving an average contraction in the global coffee market: after a -3.5% decline in volume in the two-year period 2023–2024, volumes fell further in 2025 by approximately -2.4%, demonstrating the persistent difficulties the entire sector is facing.
The 2025 financial year was characterized by the persistence of extremely high green coffee prices, in the context of strong volatility in commodity markets. From January 2021 to the first months of 2025, Arabica coffee increased by +230%, while Robusta quality rose by +325%.
In this context, the Lavazza Group maintained a strong focus throughout 2025 on the management of both operating and capital costs, continuing its multi-year working capital optimization program through structural initiatives for supply chain transformation and efficiency, strengthening ...
