Saupiquet (Bolton alimentari Group): The latest figures, news and market research on Saupiquet (Bolton alimentari Group)

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Country: France

Saupiquet is a company specializing in canned fish, founded in 1891 by Arsène Saupiquet.

Over the years, Saupiquet diversified into canned vegetables and ready-made meals, before refocusing on its core business of canned fish.

Today, Saupiquet offers a wide range of products (tuna, sardines, mackerel, fish salads) and is a major player in the French canned fish market.

The company now belongs to the Bolton Alimentari group, which has made it the undisputed leader in tuna in Europe.

Saupiquet also has an international presence, notably in Germany, Austria, Belgium and French overseas departments and territories.

Saupiquet closes its last fish cannery in Quimper 20/06/2024

- Number of cannery employees: 155.
- Plant layout: four packaging lines for mackerel, one dedicated to sardines, another for out-of-home catering.
- Percentage of products sold in France: 90%.
- Drop in Bolton Food sales on the French market over four years: 25%.
- Plant scheduled to close before the end of the year
- Year in which Bolton Food closed its Saint-Avé plant: 2010.

closure of Saupiquet plant in Quimper threatens 155 jobs 13/06/2024

- Share of mackerel production in Quimper: 90%

Bolton Food announces closure of Saupiquet plant in Quimpe 13/06/2024

Closure of Saupiquet cannery in Quimper (Finistère) announced by Italian group Bolton Food.
- 155 jobs threatened at the site.
- The plant produces canned sardines (32.7% of production) and mackerel (67.3%) on five lines.
- Decline in the French canned fish market, the plant's main outlet.
- Bolton Food's sales volume in France down by almost 25% between 2020 and 2023.

Saupiquet's Italian owner wants to convert the French to tuna in oil 28/03/2024

Bolton, leader in canned fish in Europe and Italy, launches its "Rio Mare" brand in France.
The Italian group, which has owned Saupiquet for the past twenty-five years, has also launched its "Rio Mare" brand in France.
Sales of canned fish, 56% of which is tuna, reached 1.1 billion euros in 2023 according to Nielsen.
The Saupiquet brand generates sales of 120 million euros.
Private labels account for 40% of the market for tuna in oil, with Petit Navire, controlled by Asian giant Thai Union, a distant second.
Bolton is 100% owned by the Nissim family
The group, present in 150 countries, achieved sales of 3.2 billion in 2022.
Number two worldwide in canned fish, with sales of 1.2 billion euros.
The company also markets household products (Carolin, Génie detergent, UHU adhesives, Net toilet cleaners, Roger Cavaillès hygiene products and Sanogylutres toothpaste....)

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