Princes (company)
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| Wholly owned subsidiary | |
| Industry | Food & Drink |
| Founded | Liverpool, England (1880) |
| Founder | Simpson & Roberts |
| Headquarters | Liverpool, England |
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Number of locations
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15 production sites |
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Key people
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Mike Easterbrook – Group MD, Kazuo Ito – Chairman |
| Products | Fish, meat, fruit, vegetables, soups, pastes, pasta, cooking sauces, edible oils and soft drinks |
| Revenue | £1.61 billion (March 2014) |
| £59.1 million (March 2014) | |
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Number of employees
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8,000+ |
| Parent | Mitsubishi Corporation |
| Website | princesgroup |
Princes Group is an international food and drink group involved in the manufacture, import and distribution of branded and customer own-brand products. Customers include major supermarkets, convenience stores, foodservice operators, wholesale suppliers and other food manufacturers. Princes’ brands and products span over 20 different categories including fish, meat, fruit, vegetables, soups, pastes, pasta, cooking sauces, edible oils and a broad range of soft drinks sectors.
Princes’ heritage dates back to 1880, when it was first established as a fish importing business in Liverpool, the city where its international headquarters are still located today. Initially, the company expanded into new markets including the import of canned and ambient foods from around the world. Princes’ first venture into food manufacturing happened in 1946, starting a period of diversification and growth which continues today. Princes first entered continental Europe in 1960 and today its European operations are managed from its offices in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation since 1989, Princes has completed a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in the last two decades that have added significant scale to the business.
Brands
Some of the well-known brands (*= Licensed brands) Princes manufacture and produce are:
Princes operates 15 production sites across the globe. These are:
UK food sites:
UK soft drinks sites:
Edible oils:
International:
Princes has a stated long-term strategy to expand both in the UK and into new international markets by investing in its supply chain through acquisitions, strategic partnerships and organic growth.
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