Coca-Cola HBC posts first-quarter sales rise
May 15, 2015 at 02:34 AM EDT
LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Drinks bottler Coca-Cola HBC AG said it was "encouraged" by trading in its first quarter, with volumes rising 7.2 percent, helped by four extra selling days, the earlier timing of the Easter holiday and a good performance in Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic.