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! ”

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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%).

Trading update announcement October 20, 2016

Op donderdag 20 oktober wordt de Trading update derde kwartaal 2016, om 07.30 uur, voorbeurs, gepubliceerd.

Presentation Half-year figures 2016

On Thursday, July 21, Sligro Food Group presented the Half-year figures 2016 in Sligro Amsterdam. Watch the presentation below in PDF.

Meetings, July 21
11.00 hours: Press conference
13.30 hours: Analyst Meeting

Location:
Sligro Amsterdam
Van der Madeweg 39
Amsterdam-Duivendrecht

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Half-year figures 2016: net profit €28 million

Sales in the first half of 2016 amounted to €1,355 million, an increase of 6.3% on the corresponding period in 2015. On a like-for-like basis, sales growth was 1.6%. Net profit for the first six months was €28 million, down 3.4% compared with the corresponding period in 2015.

Koen Slippens, CEO: "As expected, growth in both our markets is improving gradually. In the foodservice market, there is still a major discrepancy in sales growth between the various market segments. In both business units, we saw an improvement in sales growth in the second quarter.

Read more in the press release or watch the video below, with an explanation by
CFO Rob van der Sluijs.

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Meetings July 21, 2016
11.00 am: Press conference
13.30 pm: Analysts meeting

Location
Sligro Amsterdam
Van der Madeweg 39
1115 RD Amsterdam-Duivendrecht

A conference call will be hosted at 15.30 hours CET. The dial-in number is: +31 205 31 58 41, code participants: 431106#.

Explanation Half-year figures 2016 Sligro Food Group

Press conference Half-year figures 2016

On July 21st Sligro Food Group will publish its Half-year figures. This 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 the meeting.

Meetings July 21, 2016
11.00 am: Press conference
13.30 pm: Analysts meeting

Location
Sligro Amsterdam
Van der Madeweg 39
1115 RD Amsterdam-Duivendrecht

A conference call will be hosted at 15.30 hours CET. The dial-in number is: +31 205 31 58 41, code participants: 431106#.

Please sent an e-mail to Mieke van der Valk, mvdvalk@sligro.nl if you want to participate or be present at one of the meetings above.

EMTÉ best for cheese in the Netherlands

For the third time in a row, the annual survey commissioned by Westland Cheese from market research agency GfK rated EMTÉ as the supermarket group with the best cheese department in the Netherlands.

EMTÉ won this award previously in 2011, 2014 and 2015 and proving its ability to deliver consistently high quality.

The GfK’s survey of 10,000 customers shows how they perceived the cheese departments of 'their' supermarkets, inviting them to give marks for cheese quality, staff friendliness and expertise, waiting times, special offers and prices, product range, department layout, product availability and cleanliness.

EMTÉ achieved the highest score on quality, product range and special offers and prices.

beste kaasafdeling

Trading Update first quarter 2016

Sligro Food Group N.V. posted sales of €633 million in the first quarter of 2016 (13 weeks), an increase of €28 million, or 4.5% compared with the figure of €605 million in Q1 2015. Excluding the effect of acquisitions, sales were up by 1.5%.

Food Retail sales were down 0.8% in the first quarter. Like-for-like consumer sales at EMTÉ supermarkets in the first quarter were down by 3.0%. The results of our pilot stores trialling the new EMTÉ 3.0 format are promising. Foodservice sales were up by 7.3% in the first quarter. Excluding the effect of acquisitions, sales showed a 2.7% increase.