Turnover: 286.965 million EUR (2021)
Country: France
Marie manufactures vacuum-packed ready meals.
Marie is a French brand specializing in the production of fresh and frozen ready-made meals. Since it was founded in 1972 by the Olida group, its activity has gradually expanded from frozen to fresh products (in 1989).
The brand has passed from hand to hand (Saint-Louis in 1994, Danone in 1995...) and now belongs to the LDC group, since its purchase from Uniq for 60 million euros.LDC is Europe's leading poultry company, with sales of 3.58 billion euros in 2018, and today processes halal meat.
News
Marie bets on a new range of pizzas to revive the category 28/02/2023
- The LDC group's delicatessen brand is the only one, along with Pizza de Manosque, to post sales volume growth in an overall market that is still in freefall (-24.2% in volume)
- Marie is banking on its main assets: the French origin of its meats and flour, prepared sauces and a Nutri-score A or B for 70% of its pizzas
- But above all, the brand intends to consolidate its position by betting on a new range of pizzas with a rectangular shape and pre-cut into 12 slices
april 16, 2021 - Marie goes from strength to strength during the crisis - source(LSA)
- Quality work on these products
- The brand outperforms its markets
- Media budget up 65% in 2017
- Since May, Marie has grown by 13.5% in value and achieved a 0.6 point gain in market share to 5.7%.
- Frozen food sales rose by 8.8%.
- Marie wants to produce more homemade products, and currently 83% of its products have an A or B nutriscore.
Financial Data
DUNS: 327280368
Legal Name: MARIE
Address: 22 RUE SAARINEN 22-24, 94150 RUNGIS
Number of employees: Entre 500 et 999 salariés (2020)
Capital: 19 390 000 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 286 965 852 | 258 287 305 | 248 078 210 | 245 993 424 | 253 398 455 | 247 841 408 | 227 998 136 | 217 200 228 |
| Gross margin (€) | 136 578 734 | 123 283 608 | 120 716 467 | 115 044 201 | 132 649 402 | 135 231 876 | 121 510 084 | 117 065 379 |
| EBITDA (€) | 22 850 346 | 15 755 027 | 16 465 878 | 13 615 315 | 13 547 252 | 12 149 601 | 6 663 573 | 6 668 808 |
| Operating profit (€) | 18 500 413 | 14 712 775 | 13 740 076 | 11 575 923 | 12 001 432 | 10 199 987 | 3 504 502 | 4 633 050 |
| Net profit (€) | 11 810 799 | 9 040 246 | 9 009 090 | 7 900 080 | 7 860 620 | 8 467 636 | 2 613 013 | -726 405 |
| Turnover growth rate (%) | 11,1 | 4,1 | 0,8 | -2,9 | 2,2 | 8,7 | 5 | 2 |
| Ebitda margin rate (%) | 8 | 6,1 | 6,6 | 5,5 | 5,3 | 4,9 | 2,9 | 3,1 |
| Operating margin rate (%) | 6,4 | 5,7 | 5,5 | 4,7 | 4,7 | 4,1 | 1,5 | 2,1 |
| Working Capital (turnover days) | 23,4 | 13,5 | 10,1 | 5,7 | -5 | -1 | -19,1 | -14,1 |
| Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | 21,4 | 24,1 | 19,3 | 13,4 | 0,4 | -7 | -19,8 | -6,6 |
| Net margin (%) | 4,1 | 3,5 | 3,6 | 3,2 | 3,1 | 3,4 | 1,1 | -0,3 |
| Added value / Turnover (%) | 22 | 20,7 | 21,6 | 20,4 | 19 | 17,9 | 16,5 | 16,9 |
| Wages and social charges (€) | 35 239 477 | 33 051 897 | 32 489 290 | 31 851 502 | 30 242 594 | 28 345 965 | 27 703 552 | 26 807 398 |
| Salaries / Turnover (%) | 12,3 | 12,8 | 13,1 | 12,9 | 11,9 | 11,4 | 12,2 | 12,3 |
Company Managers:
| Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Président | Christophe, Jean, Robert | GUYONY | 53 |
Studies mentioning this company
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