Greencore was established in 1991 following the privatisation of Irish Sugar. In 2001, the business diversified in to convenience food through the acquisition of Hazlewood Foods. Subsequently, the business has made a series of acquisitions and disposals to create Greencore’s current portfolio. In 2025, Greencore announced the proposed acquisition of Bakkavor Group plc.
About Greencore
We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. To help us achieve this we have a model called The Greencore Way, which is built on the differentiators of People at the Core, Great Food, Delivery Excellence, Lasting Partnerships and Sustainable Choices – The Greencore Way describes both who we are and how we will succeed.
We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
In FY25 we manufactured 764m sandwiches and other food to go products, 148m chilled prepared meals, and 227m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 9,900 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 17 distribution centres in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.95bn in FY25 and employ 13,300 people. We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
