Hilton Food Group has reported adjusted profit before tax decreasing by 5.2 per cent to £32.8m, compared to the year prior, while revenue grew by 15.3 per cent to £2.3bn, which marks a significant rise from £2bn last year.

In its latest results for the 26 weeks to 28 June 2026, Hilton Food Group’s adjusted operating profit decreased by 3.4 per cent to £45.8m from £47.4m last year.

The volumes from continuing operations increased by 2.1 per cent with a strong overall performance from core meat businesses and growth in fresh prepared food in Central Europe.

Mark Allen OBE, Hilton Foods CEO said: “This has been a period of encouraging progress across the group. Having set out the conclusions of our strategic review earlier this year, we continue to innovate and deliver for our customers.

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“We delivered good overall trading performance in meat and fresh prepared food, and we continue to drive opportunities to maximise performance and growth from our core operations.

“While performance in Foppen has been disappointing, we are beginning to see the positive impact of our improvement plans at Seachill in the UK. The agreed sale of Dalco is a step towards simplifying our portfolio.”

Moving forward, Hilton Food Group raised its outlook and expects full-year adjusted profit before tax from continuing operations to be in the range of £66m and £71m.

This is well above the previous range of £60m and £65m, which reflects the complete sale of its vegetarian business, Dalco.

The company has plans to expand internationally, with a new facility in Canada set to launch in January 2027 with an increase of beef, pork and fish in the first half of 2027.