Bottle recall hits Britvic revenue as AG Barr talks continue Revenue across the Britvic group slipped 0.8pc to £1,256m over the year to September 30, which the company said was "primarily" due to the nationwide safety recall. Withdrawing the bottles from sale hit growth by 2pc, admitted the company this morning in a trading update. Redesigned bottles were back on shop shelves within six weeks and Britvic predicts that it can restore sales to previous levels by January 2013. Sales in Ireland were also down 9.6pc because of a "challenging" market as consumers look to cut the cost of the weekly shop. Britvic estimates that the average shopping trip spend in Ireland is currently at its lowest level since 2005. Under the deal, Roger White, the widely-lauded AG Barr chief executive, will take the helm at the enlarged company, with analysts suggesting tens of millions of pounds in synergies and profits growth of 10pc a year. Britvic chief executive Paul Moody said: "Encouraging progress on Robinsons during the second half of the year has been overshadowed by the Fruit Shoot recall that materially impacted our overall full year outturn, and stills in particular. Following the Fruit Shoot recall in July, we have been focused on returning supply to normalised levels. Concurrently, we have been driving an improving performance from the strong brands across the group. A further key brand priority has been to ensure that we build and realise the value of our emerging US Fruit Shoot business. We continue to place a strong emphasis on cash generation and rigorous cost management across the group. The Board is confident of delivering its expectations for the full year.