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 Linkedin
Président Cecile, Marie Guillou 43

Studies mentioning this company

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  • Comtesse Du Barry
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  • Conserves France
  • Conserves Guintrand
  • Cook Inov
  • Cuisine Côté Sud
  • Cuisine En Pot'J
  • Cuisine Solutions Europe
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  • Dasse Patimer
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  • Ets Jack Blanc
  • Ets Marchio Charcuterie 2000 (Emc 2000)
  • Euralis Gastronomie
  • Farmor
  • Flamm Top
  • Frial
  • Galliance Elabores
  • Gb Foods France
  • Gelaé
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  • Giraudet
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  • Kerlys
  • Le Petit Cuisinier
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  • Marie
  • Marie Surgelés
  • Marius Bernard
  • Martinet
  • Mayotte Chr
  • Micouleau
  • Moy Park France
  • O Thym
  • Panima
  • Panwiches
  • Patrick Verriere Traiteur
  • Phuc Loc
  • Primaboucherie
  • Pro Sain
  • Progre
  • Randy (Etablissements Randy)
  • Saboros
  • Scale A L'Ile Moris (Scalm)
  • Sté De Fabrication Des Produits Alimentaires (Sfpa)
  • Sté Des Produits Alimentaires De Caudry
  • Sté Gel Manche
  • Sté Nouvelle De Delice
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  • Doriane Tuttle (Drane)
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  • Ecoseysses
  • Eismann
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  • Segel 3
  • Segel 4
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  • Somargel 3
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  • T4
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