Stock Take

Greencore gives investors food for thought as revenue grows 10pc

The Dublin-based sandwich maker has seen its shares rise more than 55% this year and is now valued at €500m

Greencore’s UK sandwich facility: shares in the company are up more than 55 per cent so far this year and it is now valued at more than €500 million

Greencore, the Dublin-headquartered firm that is the largest sandwich maker in Britain and Ireland, recorded healthy sales and profit growth for 2023 despite what it described as a “challenging market environment”.

Investors will have been pleased to note that the company said it delivered year-on-year reported revenue growth of 10 per cent through a combination of underlying volume growth, including net new business wins and also “recovering significant levels of inflation”.

Inflation incurred was largely ...