Revenue inches up, store network contracts further, and parent CDEL posts a sharper quarterly loss despite ongoing debt reduction
Coffee Day Global, the operator of Cafe Coffee Day, posted a deeper quarterly loss in the September period even as sales inched up. The company’s loss widened to Rs 6.18 crore, while net revenue rose 5.6 per cent to Rs 274.18 crore, regulatory disclosures from parent Coffee Day Enterprises or CDEL showed.
A year earlier, the business had reported revenue of Rs 259.64 crore and a post-tax loss of Rs 5.48 crore.
Average sales per day rose slightly to Rs 21,168 from Rs 21,038 in the same quarter last year, and were 2.02 per cent higher than the June quarter’s Rs 20,747.
Store count continued to shrink, falling to 423 locations from 440 a year ago. In contrast, the company’s vending machine network expanded 1.5 per cent year-on-year to 55,733 units.
At the group level, CDEL’s net loss widened sharply to Rs 15.70 crore, compared with Rs 4.30 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Revenue from operations rose 3.78 per cent to Rs 279.53 crore.
Coffee Day Enterprises reported total financial indebtedness of Rs 2.48 billion as of September 30, 2025, though this represents a decrease from earlier levels as the company continues its debt reduction efforts.
CDEL reported total financial indebtedness of Rs 2.48 billion as of September 30, 2025, reflecting continued deleveraging. The company’s total debt has been declining steadily, reaching about Rs 1,125 crore by March 2025, down from Rs 1,779 crore in March 2021, a reduction of roughly 37 per cent over five years.
Cafe Coffee Day once operated 1,752 stores at its peak in FY2019, before the death of founder V.G. Siddhartha. The reduction to 423 outlets and the smaller revenue base highlight the scale of its restructuring. Despite persistent financial pressure, management has achieved notable progress in cutting debt and stabilising operations.
