Presentation Annual figures 2016

On Thursday, January 26, Sligro Food Group presented the Annual figures 2016 in Sligro Amsterdam. Watch the presentation below in PDF.

Press conference
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 11.00 AM
Location: Sligro Amsterdam, Van der Madeweg 39, Amsterdam-Duivendrecht

Analyst Meeting
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 13.30 PM
Location: Sligro Amsterdam, Van der Madeweg 39, Amsterdam-Duivendrecht

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Sligro Food Group 2016 net profit: €73 million

The net profit for the year amounted to €73 million, which is a decrease of 9.1% compared with 2015. As stated in the press release of 4 January 2017, sales in 2016 amounted to €2,813 million, an increase of 5.4%. Discounting the effect of acquisitions and week 53 in 2015, organic growth was 2.3%.

CEO Koen Slippens: "The theme of 2016 was ‘Building the future’. As is often the case when you are building something, you have to make investments before you can reap the benefits. As previously stated, profit for 2016 was below the record year of 2015, which had 53 weeks, which means that we did not perform as well as we had expected at the beginning of the year.

The combination of strong organic growth and some excellent acquisitions meant that Foodservice sales rose sharply and again outperformed the market. We were unable to keep pace with market growth in Food Retail, however, where our market share declined to 2.6%. During the year, we narrowed the gap between us and market growth, thanks in part to the conversion of outlets to the EMTÉ 3.0 format and we now have 15 of these stores."

Read more in the press release or watch the video below.

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Toelichting Jaarcijfers 2016 - Sligro Food Group

Annual report and Annual figures

The 2016 Annual report will be published on 3 February 2017. In our trading update of 20 April 2017, we will address the developments in the first quarter of 2017 in more detail. The half-year figures will be published on 20 July 2017.

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Publication and Conference call Annual figures 2016

On 26 January, before start of trading, Sligro Food Group will publish the Annual figures of 2016. These figures will be discussed at our press conference and in a meeting with analysts. Below are the details and how you can sign up to attend a meeting.

Meetings

Press conference
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 11.00 AM
Location: Sligro Amsterdam, Van der Madeweg 39, Amsterdam-Duivendrecht
Sign up: sent an e-mail to Mieke van der Valk: mvdvalk@sligro.nl

Analyst Meeting
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 13.30 PM
Location: Sligro Amsterdam, Van der Madeweg 39, Amsterdam-Duivendrecht
Sign up: sent an e-mail to Mieke van der Valk: mvdvalk@sligro.nl

Conference call

Also a conference call will be hosted at 15.30 hours CET. The dial-in number is: +31 20 531 5851. An operator will welcome you and make a registration. On Thursday the press release and the presentation will be available on this website. The presentation will be used during the call. Please, sent an e-mail to Mieke van der Valk, mvdvalk@sligro.nl if you want to participate.

Would you like to receive press releases of Sligro Food Group in your mailbox? Please mail your name, address and e-mail to Mieke van de Valk: mvdvalk@sligro.nl

Sligro Food Group acquires Belgian wholesaler ISPC

Sligro Food Group N.V., Veghel (NL) and Alimax NV, Bavikhove (B), announce that they expect to reach agreement on the acquisition by Sligro Food Group of all the shares of Exquisite Food NV and its subsidiaries ISPC International NV, ISPC Ghent NV, Exquisite Seafood NV and Océan Marée NV, together known as ISPC.

ISPC is a leading Belgian hospitality wholesaler with combined cash-and-carry and delivery service outlets in Ghent and Liège. ISPC also has a fresh fish wholesale business in Brussels. In 2016, ISPC generated sales of €86million with 250 employees. ISPC has an extremely broad product rage, with a particular emphasis on fresh produce. ISPC operates primarily in the higher-end hospitality sector with a spin-off to the healthcare sector. Sligro Food Group expects the acquisition to contribute to earnings per share from 2018.

Sligro Food Group posts € 2,813 million sales in 2016

Sligro Food Group N.V.’s sales in 2016 amounted to € 2,813 million, an increase of 5.4% compared with sales in 2015 of € 2,670 million.

Total Foodservice sales growth was 8.6% (Q4: 3.8%). The organic growth was 3.3% (Q4: 2.8%).
Total Food Retail sales declined by 1.7% (Q4: negative 5.0%). EMTÉ’s like-for-like consumer sales declined by 1.6% (Q4: negative 0.1%).

Sligro Food Group acquires online Christmas gift supplier, Tintelingen

Sligro Food Group N.V., based in Veghel, and NMDAA Holding B.V., based in Apeldoorn, have announced that they expect to reach agreement on Sligro Food Group Nederland B.V.’s acquisition of all the shares in Tintelingen B.V.

Tintelingen specialises in ‘select-your-own’ Christmas gifts and supplies businesses with actual or digital gifts to mark special occasions. Employees can receive a fully personalised gift card, which they can use to place an order in a personalised online shop. Tintelingen surprises the recipients with optimum gift concepts, giving the employer total peace of mind.

Sligro is one of the largest Christmas hamper suppliers in the Netherlands. It mainly supplies traditional Christmas hampers, and works with partners on a limited scale, via online select-your-own gifts. The acquisition of Tintelingen will give Sligro Food Group a leading position in both market segments.

Sligro Food Group in top three best-rated employers 2016

Vacancy and career marketplace Glassdoor has presented the annual Top 20 Best Rated Employers in the Netherlands. Sligro Food Group finished in 3rd place there.

It is the second time in a short period of time that Sligro Food Group has scored high in a national survey of good employment practices.

Jeroen de Bree, P&O director of Sligro Food Group: “Of course we are proud of this score! Despite the fact that we believe that "good employment practices" should not be a competition between companies, but the result of our many years of joint efforts to safeguard human values in our corporate culture and to work towards it. This is therefore a great confirmation that Sligro employees recognize and appreciate this! ”

Sligro groepfoto

Vodafone, NS and Sligro Food Group top the list. Unlike other employer awards, this Top 20 is based solely on employee input. By voluntarily leaving an anonymous company review on Glassdoor, employees have shared feedback about their job, work culture and employer over the years.

Queen Mathilde opened ZiN Inspiratielab

On Wednesday, November 30th, the ZiN Inspiratielab of Sligro was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium.The ZiN Inspiratielab, a foodlab for foodprofessionals, is situated on the first floor of the Sligro Cash & Carry in Veghel.

The Belgian royal couple's was 28, 29 and 30 November for an official state visite in the Netherlands. As part of that state visit Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium came to Sligro Food Group in Veghel, to perform the official opening of the ZiN Inspiratielab. CEO Koen Slippens was very pleased with the royal visit. "We see the interest of Queen Mathilde as a great compliment and it gives us further energy to develop Sligro in Belgium”. Photo: CEO Koen Slippens welcomes Queen Mathilde.

Mathilde tekent het gouden boek

Photo: Queen Mathilde signs the 'Gulden Boek'.

Read more in het press release (in Dutch).

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Inspiratielab, visit the website (in Dutch) www.sligro.nl/zin.

You can find the programme (in Dutch) of the official state visite here.

Watch the compilation video of the opening of the ZiN Inspiratielab Sligro.

Opening ZiN Inspiratielab Sligro

Sligro Food Group wins 'FD Henri Sijthoff-Prize' 2016

In the category 'small caps' Sligro Food Group has won the 'FD Henri Sijthoff Prize'. This is the annual price of the Financieele Dagblad for companies with the best financial reporting.

Rob van Sluijs Grand Hotel

Sligro Food Group CFO Rob van der Sluijs received the award on October 25 from the jury at the Grand hotel in Amsterdam.

In the category AEX Randstad Holding received the award. In its verdict, the jury considering the Annual Report 2015, including the interim reports and financial information on the website along.

For the 63rd time Het Financieele Dagblad reached the FD Henri Sijthoff Prize to institutions that stand in their financial reporting.

Read more about the FD Henri-Stijthoff Prize.

Trading update third quarter 2016

Sligro Food Group N.V.'s sales for the first three quarters (39 weeks) of 2016 were €2,067 million, an increase of 6.9% (Q3: 8.1%) compared with the figure of €1,933 million in
2015. Excluding the effect of acquisitions, sales were up by 2.1% (Q3: 3.1%).

Foodservice sales were up by 10.5% (Q3: 12.2%). Excluding the effect of acquisitions, sales showed a 3.5% increase (Q3: 5.2%). Food Retail sales were down 0.5% (Q3: down 0.8%). Like-for-like consumer sales at EMTÉ supermarkets were down by 2.1% (Q3: down 1.8%).