Turnover: 97 billion EUR (2023)

Country: Switzerland

Nestlé is a Swiss food and beverage company headquartered in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is the world's largest food company in terms of sales.

Nestlé products include baby foods, medical foods, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen foods and pet foods

Twenty-nine Nestlé brands have annual sales in excess of one billion Swiss francs, including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel and Maggi.

In 2002, Nestlé acquired Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc, an American ice cream manufacturer

News

Nestlé sells its Natur baby food products to FNB 06/02/2024

  • nestlé is the world's number one food company.
  • FNB is a French investment fund specializing in small and medium-sized food companies.
  • Nestlé is in exclusive negotiations with FNB to sell its infant food business in France.
  • The products concerned are NaturNes potties, Babicao and Babivanille infant powders, and the P'tit yogurt range.
  • These products are manufactured at the Arches plant.
  • Worldwide sales of Nestlé infant formulas rose by more than 10%.

Nestlé France sells its baby food products to Mousline 02/02/2024

  • Nestlé is in exclusive negotiations with the French investment fund FnB for the sale of its infant food business.
  • The ranges concerned are soups, purées, desserts and breakfast powders under the NaturNes, Babicao and Babivanille brands, as well as the P'tit franchise.
  • Infant milks, the mainstay of the portfolio - with Laboratoires Guigoz and Nestlé Nidal - remain with Nestlé France.
  • The infant nutrition products concerned by this sale are manufactured at a factory in the Vosges region of France, which employs 230 people.
  • FnB, the potential buyer, specializes in supporting French SMEs in the food industry.
  • The infant food market in France shrank by 6% in volume last year due to the drop in the birth rate, with a sharper decline for milks than for diversification foods.
  • Nestlé has 14 factories in France.

Nestlé wants to conquer the vitamin market. 19/04/2023

  • Nestlé has made more than 60 acquisitions since Mark Schneider took over as CEO in 2017.
  • Nestlé Health Science sales have almost tripled in 5 years, from 2.6 billion Swiss francs to 6.6 billion in 2022.
  • The global vitamin and mineral market is worth 140 billion Swiss francs (142 billion euros).
  • Nestlé increased its market share in vitamins from 1% to 4% between 2018 and 2021, while in medical nutrition it rose from 18% to 19% over the same period.
  • Nestlé acquired The Bountiful Company in 2021 for 5 billion Swiss francs.
  • Nestlé controls 14% of the US vitamin and dietary supplement market.
  • The French market for vitamins and dietary supplements reached 2.6 billion euros in 2022, up 3%.
  • Nestlé is the leader in clinical nutrition in France, with a market share of 30%.

Nestlé is in exclusive negotiations with the FnB fund to sell its Mousline purées. 29/03/2022

  • 150 employees at the Rosières-en-Santerre (Somme) site.
  • The FnB is a fund dedicated exclusively to supporting French and European SMEs in the food industry.
  • 72% of the dehydrated purée market.
  • Nestlé assures that this sale will have "no impact" on the 150 employees at the site.

Nestlé earns over 16 billion euros 17/02/2022

  • Nestlé targets 7.5% growth in 2021
  • Recurring operating income up 1.4% to 15.1 billion Swiss francs
  • Net profit up 38.2% to 16.9 billion Swiss francs
  • Leading category is hot and powdered beverages
  • The Group pursued its premiumization and value-creation strategy: premium products account for 35% of Group sales and grew by 12% in 2021

Financial Data

DUNS: 542014428

Legal Name: NESTLE FRANCE

Address: 34 RUE GUYNEMER 34-40, 92130 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX

Number of employees: Entre 2 000 et 4 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 130 925 520 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 2 154 711 736 2 083 346 148 2 016 074 659 1 940 993 336 1 952 058 750 1 944 978 698 1 977 333 409
Gross margin (€) 1 269 869 045 1 270 946 096 1 230 979 062 1 145 449 130 1 157 419 308 1 140 133 163 1 145 246 783
EBITDA (€) 91 583 536 103 416 933 129 945 891 134 925 863 130 130 825 118 592 111 119 138 245
Operating profit (€) 120 808 151 98 746 714 88 945 989 106 667 765 109 686 152 70 811 097 85 534 573
Net profit (€) 80 266 664 456 827 721 58 485 917 41 556 816 66 445 471 90 234 254 -50 541 373
Turnover growth rate (%) 3,4 3,3 3,9 -0,6 0,4 -1,6 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 4,3 5 6,4 7 6,7 6,1 6
Operating margin rate (%) 5,6 4,7 4,4 5,5 5,6 3,6 4,3
Working Capital (turnover days) 21,2 94,2 26,5 30,5 21,4 14,5 11,4
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 13,2 12,5 22,9 27,8 33,8 25,2 22,7
Net margin (%) 3,7 21,9 2,9 2,1 3,4 4,6 -2,6
Added value / Turnover (%) 20,5 21,4 22,7 24,5 24,2 24,3 24,4
Wages and social charges (€) 233 304 812 226 228 753 232 888 598 232 099 114 236 161 345 240 914 940 250 872 482
Salaries / Turnover (%) 10,8 10,9 11,6 12 12,1 12,4 12,7

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Christophe Olivier Cornu 61
Directeur général délégué Charlotte Magali Madeleine DAVID 56
Directeur général délégué Olivier Aime Albert Bergere 61
Directeur général délégué Pierre-Alexandre TEULIE 54
Directeur général délégué Marc BUTOT 57
Directeur général délégué Charles Francois Pierre Napoleon Leonardi 50
Directeur général délégué Jérôme Pierre JATON 59
Directeur général délégué Pierre-Claude Ernest Robert LAMBERT 59
Directeur général délégué Aadil Bezza 45
Directeur général délégué Thibault Emmanuel Henri MOURGUES 51
Directeur général délégué Marco ZANCHI 49
Directeur général délégué Antoine DEMAZURE DE PINTEVILLE DE CERNON 55

Studies mentioning this company

The organic yogurt market - Belgium

Other companies mentioned:

  • Danone Groupe
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Alpro (Promavel)
  • Pur Natur
  • Hagor - Bioservice
  • Efarmz.be
  • Bio c' Bon
  • Bio Planet
  • Sequoia
  • BioForum Vlaanderen VZW
  • De Zwaluw
  • Yoplait France (Sodiaal Groupe)
The frozen food market - Belgium

Other companies mentioned:

  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Bofrost
  • Ardo
  • McCain Food
  • Belfreeze
The ice cream and sorbet market - UK

Other companies mentioned:

  • Unilever Groupe
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Tesco
  • Sainsburys
  • Aldi
  • General Mills
  • Marks & Spencer
The food supplements market - United States

Other companies mentioned:

  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Pfizer
  • Alacer Corporation
  • Post Holdings
  • Pharmavite
  • Bountiful Company
  • Abbott Groupe
  • Nature's Bounty (Nestlé Health Science)
  • Now Foods
  • Garden Of Life
  • Optimum Nutrition (Glanbia Group)
  • Thorne Research
  • MegaFood
  • Smartypants
The ice cream and sorbet market - United States

Other companies mentioned:

  • Unilever Groupe
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Blue Bell Creameries
  • GOOD HUMORS-BREYERS (Unilever)
  • Turkey Hill Dairy
  • Wells Enterprises
  • Tillamook
  • Walmart
  • Target
  • Kroger
The vanilla market - United States

Other companies mentioned:

  • IFF International Flavours and Fragrances
  • Givaudan
  • Nielsen-Massey
  • Aust & Hachmann
  • Nestlé Groupe
The soft drinks market - Italy

Other companies mentioned:

  • Coca-Cola HBC Italia
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • San Benedetto
  • Sanpellegrino
  • Refresco
  • Coop
  • Conad
  • Carrefour Italia
  • Refresco
The breakfast cereal market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Kellogg’s
  • Bjorg (Ecotone)
  • Jordans
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Quaker Oats Company (Pepsico Group)
  • Chabrior (ITM Intermarché)
  • General Mills
  • Grillon d'Or
  • Joseph Favrichon
  • La Vie Claire
  • Terres et Cereales (Céréceco)
  • Verival
  • Dailycer
The health food market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • +Simple.fr
  • Danone Groupe
  • Fleury Michon
  • Ekibio (Groupe Lea Biodiversité)
  • ABCD Nutrition
  • Biscuits Bouvard Groupe
  • Bjorg (Ecotone)
  • Lactalis Groupe
  • Nutrition & Santé Groupe
  • PiLeJe
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Unilever Groupe
  • Ebro Foods Group
  • Famille Mary (Léa Nature Groupe)
  • Lea Nature Groupe
  • Olga Groupe (Triballat Noyal)
The organic yogurt market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Puffy's
  • Auchan Hypermarches
  • Les 2 vaches (Danone)
  • Nestlé Groupe
  • Danone Groupe
  • Biocoop
  • Yoplait France (Sodiaal Groupe)
  • Naturalia
  • Yogourmand - Yeo Frais - Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin
  • Soignon (Eurial)
  • Pechalou Laiterie
  • LaÏta Coopérative - Mamie Nova
  • Sill Entreprises Malo
  • Le Petit Basque (Groupe Sill)
  • Laiterie du Périgord Péchalou
  • Candia (Sodiaal)
  • Activia (Danone Groupe)