Hilton Food Group
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Huntingdon, United Kingdom |
Key people | Robert Watson (Chairman) Philip Heffer (CEO) |
| Revenue |  £3,989.5 million (2023)[1] |
| £86.1 million (2023)[1] | |
| £38.0 million (2023)[1] | |
| Website | www |
Hilton Food Group plc is a food packaging business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
[edit]The company was established to operate a beef and lamb central meat packing facility in Huntingdon in 1994.[2] It was the subject of an initial public offering in May 2007 which valued the business at circa £105 million.[3] It went on to acquire Seachill, a supplier of chilled and frozen salmon, in November 2017.[2]
Operations
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The company has six factories and sells its products in supermarkets across fourteen countries in Europe.[2] It also has a joint venture in Australia with Woolworths Group, a retail business, to undertaking meat processing activities for its stores[4] and a joint venture in Portugal with Sonae Modelo Continente, another retail business, to provide packaged meats for its stores.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Preliminary Results 2023" (PDF). Hilton Food Group. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Icelandic Group Agrees Sale of Seachill to Hilton Food Group". Icelandic Group. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Hilton Food Group IPO price set at 150p". Stockmarket Wire. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Hilton Food Shuffles Board, Promotes Philip Heffer To Chief Executive". Morning Star. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Hilton Food Group partners with Sonae Modelo Continente". Global Meat News. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.