Turnover: 1.799 billion EUR (2023)
Country: France
- Picard Surgelés is a French food company founded in 1973, specializing in the manufacture and distribution of frozen foods.
- Picard has 1,070 stores in France, and opens an average of 30 new stores a year.
- The company is present in Belgium with 17 stores
- 7000 employees
News

Picard creates an observatory dedicated to the food of tomorrow. 21/06/2024
- - 68% of French people believe that eating seasonal produce is the key to healthy eating.
- - 42% of French people see homemade food as a solution to eating better.
- - 48% of French people prefer seasonal fruit and vegetables.
- - 46% of French people prefer fresh, local produce.
- - Over a third of French people use frozen foods to eat more fruit and vegetables every day.
- - 50% of French people adopt a more balanced diet for weight reasons.
- - Only 22% of French people make the connection between their diet and their level of immunity, and 11% with their psychological state.
- - 22% of those surveyed consider that eating well means eating organic or pesticide residue-free products.
- - 17% prefer Nutri-score A and B or label products.
- - 46% of 18-24 year-olds cite lack of time as an obstacle to eating well.
- - 53% of French people see frozen products as a quick and economical way to eat a balanced diet.
- - 20% of those surveyed perceive frozen products as being of lower quality than fresh.
- - 57% of French people want brands committed to products from local agriculture
- - 44% of French people want brands to pay producers well.

Picard, the best recipes from the king of frozen foods 20/05/2024
- - Freezers in over 90% of homes today
- - Picard's EY Parthenon ranking: fourth place, behind Action, Décathlon and Leroy Merlin.
- - Number of Picard outlets: over 1,000.
- - Percentage of Picard capital held by the Zouari family since 2019: 49%, with a call option to increase their stake to a further 51% held by British fund Lion Capital.

A few weeks before Christmas, Picard presents its new roadmap 02/12/2023
- Picard achieves 25% of its sales during the Christmas period.
- 2 million logs are sold.
- Picard has 1,100 stores, including 40 franchises.
- Picard sales: 1.7 billion euros in 2023.
- Picard has 5,000 employees.
- The company has between 1,200 and 1,300 product references and introduces 250 to 300 new references each year.
- The company launches a new catering service in 20 stores

Picard has reinvented itself in three strategic moves 23/09/2023
- Picard currently has over 1,050 stores.
- Forty store openings are expected by 2026, including 25 franchises in towns of 10,000 inhabitants.
- Internationally, Picard has set up a dozen corners in Marks & Spencer stores in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Hong Kong.
- The company has partnered with Chronofresh for home delivery throughout France, and has set up a home delivery service in under 15 minutes with Deliveroo.
- The click & collect service has been extended to all stores since November 2021.
- The company has begun distributing non-frozen products, including savory and sweet groceries and wine.

Picard takes a new path 20/08/2023
- The Picard chain is 49% owned by Moez-Alexandre Zouari
- Sales of 1.7 billion euros by 2022
- In 2024, Moez-Alexandre Zouari may exercise an option to take full control of Picard, currently 51% owned by Lion Capital.

Picard: prepaid payment card for young people 14/09/2022
- Launch of a prepaid payment card to spend on frozen foods
- 5% of Picard sales now generated online
- at 5.5 euros a dish with dessert and drink, Picard rivals McDonald's
- Picard had already set up frozen-food vending machines in universities
- Development of click and collect and home delivery
- Partnership with Deliveroo to deliver to consumers in 10 minutes
- Sales: 1.7 billion euros in sales
april 12, 2021 - Picard returns to the oven - source(Challenges)
- Brand focused on frozen foods
- Sales up 15% in 2020
- Target of 2 billion euros in sales by 2025 (increase in online sales and opening of 200 stores)
Financial Data
DUNS: 784939688
Legal Name: PICARD SURGELES
Address: 1 ROUTE MILITAIRE , 77300 FONTAINEBLEAU
Number of employees: Entre 5 000 et 9 999 salariés (2021)
Capital: 2 485 858 EUR
Financial Data:
Year | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover | 1 709 135 531 | 1 685 157 526 | 1 770 112 576 | 1 502 116 133 | 1 414 970 583 | 1 436 502 045 | 1 385 185 135 | 1 357 268 598 | 1 332 002 778 |
Gross margin (€) | 760 674 422 | 739 720 722 | 771 977 153 | 656 039 334 | 618 527 452 | 628 453 179 | 601 916 318 | 589 847 784 | - |
EBITDA (€) | 255 496 186 | 262 649 319 | 290 590 576 | 219 910 205 | 208 837 403 | 216 574 527 | 214 813 167 | 204 604 783 | - |
Operating profit (€) | 215 422 823 | 218 411 045 | 250 447 659 | 181 463 555 | 171 149 547 | 182 724 887 | 185 125 290 | 173 934 414 | - |
Net profit (€) | 142 618 493 | 138 346 077 | 152 634 829 | 105 445 741 | 102 861 920 | 101 744 528 | 111 008 685 | 99 814 128 | 95 485 503 |
Turnover growth rate (%) | 1,4 | -4,8 | 17,8 | 6,2 | -1,5 | 3,7 | 2,1 | - | - |
Ebitda margin rate (%) | 14,9 | 15,6 | 16,4 | 14,6 | 14,8 | 15,1 | 15,5 | 15,1 | - |
Operating margin rate (%) | 12,6 | 13 | 14,1 | 12,1 | 12,1 | 12,7 | 13,4 | 12,8 | - |
Working Capital (turnover days) | -29,9 | -26,5 | -28,9 | -28 | -21,3 | -26,1 | -26,4 | -30,3 | - |
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | -21,7 | -18,7 | -21,4 | -20,9 | -16,6 | -19,6 | -20,2 | -23,3 | - |
Net margin (%) | 8,3 | 8,2 | 8,6 | 7 | 7,3 | 7,1 | 8 | 7,4 | - |
Added value / Turnover (%) | 27,4 | 27,8 | 28,4 | 27,5 | 27,3 | 27,6 | 27,6 | 27,3 | - |
Wages and social charges (€) | 185 970 222 | 180 745 477 | 180 849 422 | 167 269 255 | 152 183 273 | 153 622 127 | 142 105 804 | 141 415 811 | - |
Salaries / Turnover (%) | 10,9 | 10,7 | 10,2 | 11,1 | 10,8 | 10,7 | 10,3 | 10,4 | - |
Company Managers:
Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Président | Cecile, Marie | Guillou | 43 |
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