Hilton Food Group PLC Trading Update (5256D)
October 29 2020 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Hilton Food Group PLC
29 October 2020
Hilton Food Group plc
29(th) October 2020
TRADING UPDATE
Hilton Food Group plc ("Hilton" or the "Group"), the leading
international specialist food packing business, is today providing
a trading update for the period 13(th) July 2020 to date.
During the period, the Group's performance has been in line with
the Board's expectations. We continued to grow the business through
additional volumes reflecting both the ongoing shift to home
consumption as well as close cooperation with our retail
partners.
In Europe, we have continued to make good progress in a number
of markets, benefitting from consumers eating out less often due to
the ongoing impact of Covid 19. Turnover in the UK is therefore
higher and driven predominantly by red meat and fish volumes.
Turnover has continued to grow in both Sweden and Denmark where we
have recently started to pack chicken. In Holland, we have seen
higher red meat volumes and also benefitted from vegetarian and
vegan products produced by Dalco, where volumes have increased. In
Central Europe, volumes have remained buoyant as reported at the
half year, with continued volume growth in Fresh Food across both
Tesco and Zabka. We are also pleased to confirm that we have
successfully started up the Belgium operation during the first week
of October.
In Australia, we are now operating as a unified business
covering the sites of Bunbury, Truganina (Victoria) and Queensland.
The tightening of restrictions in Victoria state during the quarter
led to increased home consumption and strong volume growth from our
business, with the Queensland facility having also been fully
rolled-out. The development of the New Zealand facility is still on
track to open in the third quarter of 2021.
The Group's financial position remains strong and we continue to
explore opportunities to invest in and to grow the business in both
domestic and overseas markets.
The Group will announce the publication date for its results for
the 53 weeks ending on 3(rd) January 2021 in its January Trading
Update.
For further information please contact:
Hilton Food Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 1480 387214
Robert Watson, OBE, Executive Chairman
Philip Heffer, Chief Executive Officer
Nigel Majewski, Chief Financial Officer
Citigate Dewe Rogerson Tel: +44 (0) 20 7638 9571
Angharad Couch
Ellen Wilton
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