Turnover: 2.372 billion EUR (2024)

Country: France

  • Listed international group with over 11,000 employees
  • The group is still controlled by the Bonduelle family
  • Specialist in industrial vegetable processing and canning for over 70 years
  • Leader in canned vegetables and number two in frozen vegetables in France

News

Bonduelle abandons its bagged salads in the face of pressure from retailers 02/09/2024

  • - Bonduelle announces the divestment of its bagged salad business in France and Germany.
  • - The Bonduelle group has been facing a structural decline in salad consumption in France and Germany for the past ten years.
  • - Les Crudettes, which is in exclusive negotiations with Bonduelle to take over the French business, employs 2,300 people and boasts annual sales of 1.2 billion euros.
  • - The Saint-Mihiel salad plant could close in spring 2025, affecting 159 employees.
  • - Sales in Bonduelle's salad segment have fallen by 15% over the last seven years.
  • - Bonduelle's overall sales fell by 1.4% to 2.37 billion euros for the year 2023
  • -2024. - 73% of non-cooked frozen vegetables sold at retail are marketed under private labels, according to Circana.
  • - Bonduelle employs over 11,000 people and operates in nearly one hundred countries.

Bonduelle sells its bagged salads in France and Germany 30/08/2024

  • Bonduelle's total sales for the year ending June: 2.4 billion euros.
  • Percentage of sales represented by the global bagged salad business sold: 7%.
  • Sale of 65% of US canned vegetables and Long Life frozen foods business in 2022: 625 million euros.

Bonduelle: cool weather to penalize sales in 2023-2024 06/08/2024

- Bonduelle sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024: 2.372 billion euros.

Jean-Noël Darniche, new General Manager of Bonduelle Fresh France 23/04/2024

  • **Bonduelle Fresh sales**: €110 million
  • - **Number of production sites**: 4
  • - **Number of employees**: Nearly 600
  • - **Types of activity**: Own-brand, private label and out-of-home catering
  • - **Specialized in delicatessen salads with the takeover of Caugant in 2003

Bonduelle: the road to recovery will be "long" 03/10/2023

  • Bonduelle sales rose by 9.2% (5% on a comparable basis) to 2.4 billion euros.
  • Net profit fell by 59.1% to 14.5 million euros
  • Sales of products such as lunch bowls account for almost 20% of Bonduelle's sales.
  • Bonduelle forecasts 40% growth in these products by 2024.
  • In the United States, which used to account for 34% of Bonduelle's total sales, the share fell to a quarter of sales after a poor performance and the disposal of activities.
  • In Russia, Bonduelle has forecast sales of 200 million euros for fiscal 2022-2023.

New Bonduelle CEO with U.S. experience 24/05/2023

  • Xavier Unkovic becomes Bonduelle's new CEO as of June 1, 2023.
  • Bonduelle generates over 45% of its 2.9 billion euros in sales in North America.

Unsatisfied with its growth in the United States, Bondule changes captain 03/05/2023

  • The United States accounts for 34% of the Group's total sales (2.2 billion euros) for the 2021-2022 financial year.
  • France accounts for 23% of the Group's sales for the same period.
  • Bonduelle generates 53% of its sales outside Europe.
  • Fresh Americas division sales down 25%, with 200 redundancies announced.

Bonduelle jostled by the Russian puzzle | Bonduelle is jostled by the Russian puzzle. 06/01/2023

  • Bonduelle generates around 150 million euros in billings in Russia
  • Bonduelle has cut its investments in the country
  • The company has three plants in Russia and 1,000 employees

Bonduelle gets organized in the face of predicted shortages 03/10/2022

  • Present in supermarkets via private labels

Bonduelle will stop 65% of its canned vegetable production. 24/05/2022

  • Bonduelle sells 65% of its American canned and frozen food business to Fonds de solidarité FTQ and CDPQ.
  • Sale price €420 million (a multiple of 8.5 times 2020-2021 EBITDA)

Financial Data

DUNS: 445450174

Legal Name: BONDUELLE

Address: LD WOESTYNE " LA WOESTYNE", 59173 RENESCURE

Number of employees: Entre 200 et 249 salariés (2020)

Capital: 234 806 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 45 133 040 44 736 000 40 808 518 38 283 976 35 949 947 31 868 001 28 868 000 29 245 958
Gross margin (€) 77 747 612 71 805 000 70 710 588 64 115 893 61 244 669 61 907 983 50 045 000 50 277 000
EBITDA (€) 9 186 202 10 531 000 12 949 843 13 005 202 5 451 865 10 026 436 7 534 000 8 487 000
Operating profit (€) 5 841 086 5 477 000 4 365 016 7 206 399 679 312 4 769 450 3 482 000 5 405 000
Net profit (€) 267 450 520 -2 379 000 23 315 026 43 372 022 30 144 717 19 850 332 23 857 000 4 466 218
Turnover growth rate (%) 0,9 9,6 6,6 6,5 12,8 10,4 -1,3 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 20,4 23,5 31,7 34 15,2 31,5 26,1 29
Operating margin rate (%) 12,9 12,2 10,7 18,8 1,9 15 12,1 18,5
Working Capital (turnover days) 3 525,7 3 450,6 3 615,2 4 233,6 3 167,1 6 415,7 5 778,2 6 458,5
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 24 20,9 17,3 -5,2 -2 6,2 21,9 16,6
Net margin (%) 592,6 -5,3 57,1 113,3 83,9 62,3 82,6 15,3
Added value / Turnover (%) 34,7 50,5 47,8 43,8 31,8 24,1 42,2 38,1
Wages and social charges (€) 27 584 321 32 033 000 31 306 128 25 009 896 26 875 703 24 571 545 20 977 000 20 030 000
Salaries / Turnover (%) 61,1 71,6 76,7 65,3 74,8 77,1 72,7 68,5

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président du conseil d'administration Christophe BONDUELLE 65
Directeur général Guillaume DEBROSSE 54
Administrateur Pierre DELOFFRE 76
Administrateur François BONDUELLE 63
Administrateur Benoit BONDUELLE 67
Administrateur Marc BONDUELLE 63
Administrateur Jean-Bernard BONDUELLE 71
Administrateur Pierre Jean Eugène PARIS 67
Administrateur Miriam Hanna Victoire FEDIDA 56
Administrateur Marie-Ange Lucienne Christine de CAUMIA-BAILLENX 62
Administrateur Martine Madeleine Bernadette KIEFFER 60
Administrateur Marion Jeanne Colette CARRETTE 49
Administrateur Armand BEN GUIGUI 60
Administrateur Ana-Maria DAZA NAMEN 50
Administrateur Philippe CARREAU 65

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