New Cash & Carry wholesale outlet in Groningen
The Sligro C&C in Groningen relocated on September 25, 2025.
New location
Sligro had been based at De Hallen in Groningen for many years, but outgrew the space. The new, spacious and modern Sligro branch on Osloweg offers a much better location for customers. Easier to reach from the city and visible from the ring road.
Sustainability
More sustainable, energy-efficient, and fully future-proof. The building is completely off the gas grid, saving approximately 48,000 m³ of gas annually. This results in a reduction of 90 tons of CO₂ emissions. Heat from the cooling system is reused to warm the building, and the system uses a 100% natural refrigerant. The 524 solar panels on the roof generate around 200,000 kWh of green electricity. All lighting is LED, and customers have access to a dual charging station in the parking area.
Product range
Jan Anne Bouma: “Our brand-new location is fully ready for the future. Spacious and offering an extensive assortment. On 5,400 m² of floor space, you’ll find no less than 60,000 products. From fresh meat, game, fish, cheese, vegetables, and fruit to high-end hospitality equipment, specialty beers, and a wine selection with exclusive imports. All tailored to the needs of food professionals and SMEs.”
Donation to the Ronald McDonald House in Groningen
The opening of the new wholesale location was accompanied by a donation to a local charity: the Ronald McDonald House Groningen. Sligro’s branch director Jan Anne Bouma presented a €10,000 cheque to Jolanda Kamphuis, manager of the Ronald McDonald House Groningen. Jolanda responded emotionally: “Oh my goodness, this really moves me! This will help so many families!”
New Cash & Carry wholesale outlet in The Hague
The newly opened Sligro branch on Kerketuinenweg in The Hague, inaugurated on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, replaces two older locations in the city.
Sustainability
Sustainable, energy-efficient, and fully future-proof. The building is completely off the gas grid, and heat from the cooling system is reused to warm the facility. By eliminating gas usage, 90 tons of CO₂ emissions are saved. The cooling system uses a 100% natural refrigerant, and the 950 solar panels on the roof generate approximately 320,000 kWh of green electricity. All lighting is LED.
Product Range
The full Sligro assortment is available, both food and non-food, with a focus on fresh products such as fish, meat, game and poultry, vegetables and fruit, cheese, and a wine selection featuring exclusive imports. All tailored to the needs of food professionals and SMEs.
Donation to the Ronald McDonald House The Hague
To mark the opening of the new Cash & Carry wholesale, a donation was made to a local charity: the Ronald McDonald House The Hague. Sligro branch director Arjen van Nunen recently visited the facility, witnessed the impactful work being done, and was deeply moved: “It’s such a beautiful initiative, we really wanted to contribute.” Joyce van der Helm, manager of the Ronald McDonald House The Hague, accepted the €10,000 cheque at the opening of Sligro Kerketuinen: “Incredible. This will allow us to provide over a hundred overnight stays and properly furnish all basic amenities.”
Koen Slippens 'FoodManager of the Year' 2024
The Food Manager of the Year for 2024 was announced on 14 November 2024 during the National Food Congress in Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus in Scheveningen.
Koen Slippens was present via a live video link - (photo: Jan Willem Houweling)
According to the jury report: "This is the first time that this title has been won by a manager from the food service channel. The jury was particularly impressed by the way that Mr Slippens has steadily built up his business since 2008, in the face of extremely difficult market conditions. Sligro is as solid as a rock, and easily leads the field in the Dutch food service market, as well as having a strong foothold in Belgium. Sligro is a food service provider with not only a modern, efficient online operation but also a network of wholesalers where entrepreneurs in the food service and catering business can draw inspiration for their customers.”
The following criteria determined the jury’s opinion:
The Food Manager of the Year:
- has worked hard to introduce significant innovations within their own organisation;
- has achieved considerable successes thanks to a clear, long-term strategy;
- has helped their organisation to develop and thrive;
- has deployed their creativity to bring about necessary changes in the food sector;
- is a charismatic leader who clearly stands out from other managers;
- is able to forge excellent ties with other parties in the market.
Payment interim dividend
As announced at the presentation of our 2024 half-year figures, we decided to pay an interim dividend, in accordance with our dividend policy.
The interim dividend amounts to €0.30 per share and will be payable on Monday 7 October 2024.
The ex-dividend date is Friday 20 September 2024.
The record date is Monday 23 September 2024.
Sligro awarded certification for environmental management systems
Sligro Food Group Nederland has been awarded the ISO 14001:2015 certificate for the receipt, storage and transport of food and non-food products. When it comes to environmental management systems, ISO 14001:2015 is the international standard.
ISO standard 14001:2015 is geared towards managing and improving environmental performance, both internally within the organisation and across the entire supply chain. The aim is to keep on implementing improvements in the area of the environment and sustainable business practices. Certification under this ISO standard is based on an assessment of an organisation’s current environmental policy, environmental aspects relevant to the organisation, the organisation’s energy efficiency with a view to cutting carbon emissions, and measures the organisation is taking to control or reduce carbon emissions.
Larger companies and governments in particular often stipulate certification as a precondition for tendering for their contracts.
Important step forward in Belgium
On Monday 23 October, we successfully opened our new delivery service location in Evergem (Belgium) according to plan. This move means that from now on delivery customers of our wholesale outlet in Antwerp will be supplied from Evergem.
This is an important step forward as Sligro transitions towards the new model for delivery in Belgium, which will see customers of Sligro, Sligro-M and JAVA Foodservice supplied from the nearest delivery service location.
As previously announced during the presentation of the half-year results and confirmed during our trading update of 19 October, we have adjusted the course of our approach to ERP implementation and the management of our Belgian activities. We have started rolling out the same ERP landscape as we are using for Sligro-M, and the opening of the new delivery service location in Evergem is the first step. In the coming months we will also switch the Sligro-ISPC wholesale outlets in Liège and Ghent over to this technology.
Veghel, 27 October 2023
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Read the full trading update Q3 2023
Trading update third quarter 2023
In the third quarter of 2023, revenue was up 8.3% on the previous year. Cumulatively, revenue was up 18.4% over the first three quarters of 2023, of which 11.9% was organic revenue growth.
Total revenue breaks down by segment as follows:
After a summer of mediocre weather, we saw consumer sentiment shift both in the Netherlands and in Belgium, as spending fell as a result of the economic climate and consumers’ uncertainty about their own financial position. This was also reflected in spending at restaurants and leisure activities. We are also seeing a growing number of bankruptcies and cessations of operations in the hospitality industry, causing volumes in the market to fall. Due to high inflation, however, revenue still increased.
In line with the market, our revenue was up, though our growth rate slowed down in the third quarter. The impact of inflation on our revenue is approximately 8% in combination with modest volume growth.
For the fourth quarter, we foresee continued pressure on sales volumes in our markets, stiff inflation and persistently high interest rates. Declining volumes will still be compensated by inflation, but this will, on balance, lead to pressure on our result. In combination with the impairment on our investments in SAP, as detailed above, our operating result (EBIT) for this year will be limited.
Veghel, 19 October 2023
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Capital Markets Day
October 19, 2023
Location: ZiN Inspiration Lab, Corridor 11, Veghel
Program outline:
12.00 – 13.30: walk-in with lunch
13.30 – 16.00: presentation
16.00 – 17.00: end of the program and a walk-out with an opportunity for a drink
2023 half-year figures
Metro integration progressing well, operating EBIT improving.
20 July 2023 - Group revenue for the first half of 2023 totalled €1,403 million, an increase of 24.2% compared to the same period in 2022. In 2022, we posted a large one-off book profit on the sale of our stake in Smeding. Adjusted for book profits, EBITDA was up €5 million to €54 million. Net profit for the first half of 2023 totalled €1 million.
Koen Slippens, CEO: "It is rather tricky to interpret the revenue development in the first half of 2023 due to the major differences compared to the 2022 basis for comparison. A COVID-19 lockdown was still in place in the first weeks of 2022, and this was followed by a spring with good weather. 2023, on the other hand, had a relatively cold and rainy spring. When May this year brought better weather, we saw a clear positive shift in the revenue and result development. Inflation had a major impact on revenue, gross profit and costs.
Our analysis of the market in the Netherlands and Belgium over the past few months shows that consumers are still going out and spending on hospitality. Spending remains strong and the market is growing. This is driven largely by price, as market volumes are under pressure. At Sligro Food Group, we are seeing volumes increase as we grow our customer base and sell more to existing customers, partly through our partnership with Heineken, while volumes are growing in Belgium on the back of our acquisition of former Metro sites. We are continuing to gain market share in both countries.”
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We always refrain from making any firm forecasts as to the results for the second half of the year. In our trading update of 19 October 2023, we will go into developments in the third quarter of 2023 in greater detail.
On that same day, we will hold our Capital Markets Day from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., which you can attend at our head office in Veghel. The event will also be streamed.
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Update on the acquisition of Metro activities in Belgium
Two elements have been completed in the process of Sligro Food Group acquiring part of the Metro outlets in Belgium.
Appeal against court decision rejected
In the court-supervised restructuring proceedings for Makro Cash & Carry Belgium NV, the court in Antwerp authorised the court-appointed judicial trustees on 7 December 2022 to sell the majority of the Metro activities in Belgium to Sligro Food Group. An appeal was filed against this decision by the Antwerp court, but on 30 March 2022 the Antwerp Court of Appeal rejected the arguments made in the appeal.
Final approval from the BCA
The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) already invested a great deal of time and energy in investigating the market consequences during the course of the court-supervised restructuring. On the basis of its preliminary investigation, the BCA had previously issued an ‘unconditional decision to grant an exemption’, which meant that the transaction could already go ahead. Today, 3 April 2023, the Belgium Competition Authority (BCA) gave its final, unconditional approval of the transaction.
Veghel, 3 April 2023
On behalf of Sligro Food Group N.V.
Koen Slippens, CEO
Rob van der Sluijs, CFO
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