Bunzl Results Presentation Deck
INFLATION
Product cost Inflation managed to date with successful pass-through
Inflation strongly
supportive to revenue
growth, with Covid-19
related inflation in H1
and base business
inflation in H2
Operating cost inflation
more than
offset by revenue
growth driven by
product cost inflation
and efficiency measures
Inflation dynamics
somewhat supportive to
operating margin
2021 FULL YEAR RESULTS
Product cost inflation
Covid-19 related products
Glove prices stabilising; Current prices will
impact H1 22 revenue year-on-year
Base business
Strong inflation in plastics, paper and chemicals
Good progress in passing through product price
inflation to customers
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With our largest customers, particularly in
North America, product price movements
often factored into agreements
Elsewhere, regular price renegotiations
required
Inflation remained strong to the end of the year,
but some moderate tempering of plastic prices
seen in some regions
Operating cost inflation
Wage inflation particularly strong in North
America and UK & Ireland
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BUNZL
More benign impact in Continental Europe and
Asia Pacific
Started to stabilise in North America
Outbound freight inflation has risen, as has
property cost inflation linked to lease expiries
Operating efficiency measures in 2021
Group continued to take actions to enhance
efficiencies
>15 warehouse consolidations
UK & Ireland shared service roll-out with a
range of new technologies implemented
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