Hilton Food Group
TypePublic
IndustryFood
Founded1994
HeadquartersHuntingdon, United Kingdom
Key people
Robert Watson (Chairman)
Philip Heffer (CEO)
RevenueIncrease £3,847.6 million (2022)[1]
Decrease £54.0 million (2022)[1]
Decrease £19.5 million (2022)[1]
Websitewww.hiltonfoodgroupplc.com

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Preliminary Results 2022" (PDF). Hilton Food Group. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Icelandic Group Agrees Sale of Seachill to Hilton Food Group". Icelandic Group. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hilton Food Group IPO price set at 150p". Stockmarket Wire. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hilton Food Shuffles Board, Promotes Philip Heffer To Chief Executive". Morning Star. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hilton Food Group partners with Sonae Modelo Continente". Global Meat News. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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