{"id":119310,"date":"2026-08-23T03:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119310\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T03:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:59:31","slug":"why-nestle-will-defy-the-consumer-breakup-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119310\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nestl\u00e9 will defy the consumer breakup trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-testid=\"EagerImage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UIGEW7BC7JPXXKDFRBYFZ2A46A.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Philipp Navratil, CEO of Nestle Nespresso S.A., poses for a photo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Philipp Navratil, CEO of Nestle Nespresso S.A., poses for a photo at an unknown location in this handout image obtained by Reuters on September 2, 2025. William Gammute\/Nestle\/Handout via&#8230; Read more<\/p>\n<p>DUBLIN, July 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) &#8211; Unilever is \u200csplitting itself apart and Kraft Heinz considered it. Analysts have asked the obvious \u200bquestion of the $274 bln KitKat-to-kibble \u200bconglomerate. Yet Nestl\u00e9\u2019s high multiple, and \u2060thin dividend cover, are good reasons \u200bfor CEO Philipp Navratil to keep \u200bthe Swiss group intact.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingviews.com\/columns\/considered-view\/why-nestl-will-defy-consumer-breakup-trend-2026-07-21\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fcolumns%2Fconsidered-view%2Fwhy-nestl-will-defy-consumer-breakup-trend-2026-07-21%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Editing by Liam Proud; Production by Streisand Neto<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__element__5eCce article-body-module__trust-badge__5mS3f\">Our Standards: <a data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/about-us\/trust-principles\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__medium__2Rl30 text-module__small__sph8i link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76\">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-testid=\"AuthorBioImageLink\" class=\"author-bio-module__author-image__jcaG3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingviews.com\/authors\/aimee-donnellan\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.breakingviews.com\/resizer\/v2\/https%3A%2F%2Fauthor-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub%2Freuters%2FFBIDECVRTZGEXEZXTUUQTACQUA.png?auth=75e512a9805ed6b35fcb97d9bde41eb91dfa17ddf3e37917698f8163d6dd0939&amp;height=120&amp;width=120&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"Aimee Donnellan\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__white__kE5Pf text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 author-bio-module__description__9ynkB\">Aimee joined Breakingviews in 2017 and writes about pharmaceuticals, consumer goods groups, retail and insurance. 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She holds a degree in English and History from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philipp Navratil, CEO of Nestle Nespresso S.A., poses for a photo at an unknown location in this handout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[126],"tags":[18218,51599,15510,30834,58159,26126,4967,26127,26129,51597,58153,51617,26130,15523,15524,51598,15513,46742,31467,58154,58155,2082,10873,10874,15525,26132,29100,29101,29102,29103,29104,10875,21535,51615,58156,58160,58161,26134,51607,51608,51610,51616,58164,51627,58184,51625,51621,51620,51647,51641,51632,51619,51642,58166,58165,51633,51631,58183,51624,58175,58169,58170,58176,58178,51630,58174,58180,58179,51626,51622,51623,51628,58177,58173,58167,58168,51638,58172,58181,58182,51618,58171,51629,18219,29105,199,21530,58157,58158,15521,32528,23811,58162,58163,31483,18230,15526,714,10872,51611,51612,51613,51614],"class_list":["post-119310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nestle","tag-amers","tag-anlins","tag-bact","tag-bev","tag-bevs","tag-bisv","tag-biz","tag-bnk","tag-bnks","tag-brv","tag-brvcv","tag-brvf","tag-bsvc","tag-ceeu","tag-ch","tag-clm","tag-cmpny","tag-dbt","tag-deal1","tag-div","tag-dvst","tag-emea","tag-europ","tag-ezc","tag-fin","tag-fins","tag-fobe","tag-fod","tag-fodpr","tag-fodpr1","tag-fotb","tag-fr","tag-gb","tag-graphc","tag-hsehld","tag-hsepr","tag-hsepr1","tag-invbis","tag-invbnk","tag-invbr","tag-mevn","tag-mtgfx","tag-n2amers","tag-n2bact","tag-n2bevs","tag-n2bisv","tag-n2bnks","tag-n2bsvc","tag-n2ceeu","tag-n2ch","tag-n2cmpny","tag-n2dbt","tag-n2deal1","tag-n2div","tag-n2dvst","tag-n2emea","tag-n2europ","tag-n2ezc","tag-n2fins","tag-n2fobe","tag-n2fodpr","tag-n2fodpr1","tag-n2fotb","tag-n2fr","tag-n2gb","tag-n2hsehld","tag-n2hsepr","tag-n2hsepr1","tag-n2invbis","tag-n2invbnk","tag-n2invbr","tag-n2mevn","tag-n2namer","tag-n2ncyc","tag-n2psnpr","tag-n2psnpr1","tag-n2publ","tag-n2res","tag-n2sftbv","tag-n2sftbv1","tag-n2stx","tag-n2us","tag-n2weu","tag-namer","tag-ncyc","tag-nestle","tag-news1","tag-psnpr","tag-psnpr1","tag-publ","tag-rep","tag-res","tag-sftbv","tag-sftbv1","tag-stx","tag-topcmb","tag-topnws","tag-us","tag-weu","tag-xdnp","tag-xpco","tag-xpmf","tag-xrnp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}