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CLAIM #39917 · Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 28, 2025 · due Jun 30, 2026

But overall, I would say, seen the fact that this was the heaviest cocoa cost that we would have in the year, from here going forward, we expect a significant improvement. We expect to see a significant improvement in Europe.

Dirk Van De Put · CEO

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landing in Europe, elasticity is around 0.7, 0.8, it's higher than we would have expected where -- our thinking was more like 0.4, 0.5. And so we are taking on top of what I already explained to a number of other actions in the sense that we are innovating with new flavors and new formats. We are investing more in A&C. We're driving the seasonals very hard. We're working on promo effectiveness because that's also not playing out sometimes the way we would have expected. And largely our main focus is on hitting the right price points where in certain cases, like on our 300-gram range in chocolate, we passed 2 key price points, and that was probably a little bit more than the consumer can accept at the moment. We are, of course, accompanying that with a lot of productivity and cost savings. But overall, I would say, seen the fact that this was the heaviest cocoa cost that we would have in the year, from here going forward, we expect a significant improvement. We expect to see a significant improvement in Europe. I hope that helps, Andrew. Andrew Lazar: Yes, really thorough. Really appreciate that. And I guess, lastly, with respect to guidance, maybe you could talk briefly about the implied Q4 guidance change, just as I would assume, cocoa is largely been locked in at this point. And then what's the key reason behind, I guess, the cut? And then as it relates really to '26, you make reference to being an algorithm and EPS. I was hoping you could add a bit more color on your confidence around this. And I guess, more importantly, the sort of the key puts and takes that we should think about when thinking about organic sales growth next year in light of the planned investments that you're making and some of the elasticity concerns? Luca Zaramella: Thank you, Andrew. I will start by saying that on the

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