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Contribution to trading profit |
41,1% |
Employees |
10 986 |
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3663 Wholesale
Alex Fisher
Managing director
- Reflex IT system successfully implemented on time and on budget
- Successful launch of ecommerce initiative
- Expanded healthier product offering
- Majority of energy sourced from renewable sources
- Acquisition of Forteith Foodservice, Scotland
Bidvest Logistics
Andrew Selley
Managing director
- Stable client base created through contract extensions and expansion
Seafood Holdings
Stephen Oswald
Managing director
- Customer base grew although average customer spend dipped
Deli XL the Netherlands
Dick Slootweg
Managing director
- Margins squeezed as a result of contracting national economy
Deli XL Belgium
Thierry Legat
Managing director
- Sales better than anticipated across Horeca segment in a slowing economy
Nowaco Czech Republic and Slovakia
Bohumil Volf
General manager
- Red meat and bakery products achieved growth
- Ice cream sales almost doubled as a result of an acquisition
Nowaco Baltics
Bohumil Volf
General manager
- Competition from private label and low-cost products
Farutex Poland
Pawel Swiechowicz
Administration director
- Four depots enlarged in pursuit of efficiency gains
Horeca and Al Diyafa
Hisham Al Jamil
General manager
- Horeca Express launch targeting additional coverage of street restaurants
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Contribution to trading profit |
45,0% |
Employees |
4 486 |
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Australia
Rachel Ruggiero
Chief operating officer
- Focus on innovative ways to transact with customers
- Acquisitions of Tanby, Foodlink and Crispy Fresh
- Roll out of Fresh business remains a focus
New Zealand
Nigel Boswell
Managing director
- Two new distribution centres being established
- Acquisitions of manufacturing butchery and prepared vegetable processing business
Singapore
Johnny Kang
Managing director
- New management appointments to refocus business direction
- Slow economy and supplier disruptions continue to impact business
- Export gains achieved in surrounding territories
Greater China
Johnny Kang
Managing director
- Growth in customer base experienced
- Benefits of restructuring being realised
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