{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-bfc3ef57fe3e410b90e2bbb9286b3b51", "slug": "cranswick", "name": "CRANSWICK", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:07.573624Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Cranswick plc is a UK food producer with an integrated farm-to-fork business supplying food to grocery retailers, foodservice operators, and food manufacturers. Its range includes fresh pork and chicken, sausages and bacon, cooked meats and poultry, pastry, charcuterie, and other chilled and ambient foods. [P60272506][P52257944]\n\nThe company’s core operations are in the UK, while it also serves global food producers and export markets. Cranswick describes its ethos as “to feed the nation with authentically made, sustainably produced food.” [P60272506][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-story] For the 52 weeks ended 28 March 2026, revenue was £2,982.5 million; its FY2026 results presentation reported more than 16,500 colleagues and 23 UK production facilities. [P4115401][P32605431]\n[P60272506][P52257944][P4115401][P32605431][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-story]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:07.573624Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Cranswick’s product portfolio spans fresh pork, sausages and bacon, poultry, cooked and convenience foods, Mediterranean foods, gourmet products and pet food. Its fresh pork range includes retail cuts and added-value products such as premium joints and festive centrepieces; the company cites bespoke genetics to improve intramuscular fat and eating quality. Fresh Pork generated 22.9% of Group revenue in FY2026, the 52 weeks ended 28 March 2026. [P58103072][P66836036][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/fresh-pork] Sausage and bacon products include ‘Only 6 Ingredients’ and ‘Ultimate’ sausages, ‘Signature’ bacon, and cooked ‘Dinky’ cocktail sausages; the company also supplies pigs-in-blankets. [P43337657][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/gourmet-sausage][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/gourmet-bacon-gammon]\n\nPoultry offerings include fresh whole birds and portions, marinated or stuffed chicken, coated products such as kievs, goujons and nuggets, and cooked ready-to-eat chicken formats including sliced breast, mini fillets and wings. [https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/fresh-chicken][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/breaded-chicken][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/ready-to-eat-chicken] A featured retail product is Tesco Finest Lemon Crispy Chicken Schnitzel, made with two British chicken breast fillets, lemon-herb coating and lemon-parsley sauce. [P59613621] Cooked and convenience products include deli meats, slow-cooked and sous-vide turkey, and the ‘Chef’s Collection’ sous-vide centre-of-plate range; the slow-cook process uses controlled time and temperature. [P115768126][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/slow-cook] Gourmet pastry products include sausage rolls, deep-filled pies, seasonal showstoppers and ready-to-oven meals. [https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/gourmet-pastry]\n\nMediterranean products include houmous, dips, dressings, grazing platters, tapas and sharing foods, halloumi, olives, olive oil, tahini, pulses and nuts; the portfolio includes Ramona’s and Cypressa ranges. [P35548933][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/houmous-dips][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/our-brands/cypressa-2][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/olives-antipasti][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/mediterranean-food/speciality-cheeses] Pet food products include Wainwrights and AVA-branded foods, as well as dry dog kibble supplied for Pets at Home’s Wainwrights and Step Up brands. [P59162508][https://cranswick.plc.uk/news/cranswick-announce-new-supply-deal-with-pets-at-home] Cranswick also develops and supplies food for grocery retail, food-to-go and foodservice customers, with chef-inspired menu products for pubs, restaurants, quick-service restaurants and coffee shops. [P35352583][https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-food/foodservice] FY2026 reporting gives Fresh Pork’s share of Group revenue but does not disclose comparable product-category profit shares; its operating segments are aggregated into one reportable Food segment. 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Named locations include Hull, Malton, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, Barnsley, Bury, Worsley, Denbigh, Ballymena in Northern Ireland, Retford, Lincoln, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Watton, Eye, Milton Keynes and London. The workforce figure is group-wide; no employee distribution by location is stated. [P32605431]\n\nIts reported revenue mix is 79% UK Retail, 11% Manufacturing, 6% Food Service and 4% Export; these are sales-channel shares, not geographic revenue shares. The company refers to shipments to China and other Far Eastern markets, but the available disclosures do not provide revenue percentages by export destination or country. [T5276631][P79860948]\n[P32605431][T5276631][P79860948]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:07.573624Z" }, { "type": "SEGMENTS", "text": "For FY2026, Cranswick reported two reportable segments: **Food** and **Other**. Food manufactures and supplies products to UK grocery retailers, food-service customers, and other UK and international food producers. It generated £2,934.9 million, approximately **98.4% of Group revenue**, and £236.2 million, approximately **99.7% of adjusted operating profit**. [T5125132][P104863551]\n\nThe **Other** segment comprises activities outside Food, principally Cranswick Pet Products; it generated £47.6 million, approximately **1.6% of Group revenue**, and £0.8 million, approximately **0.3% of adjusted operating profit**. Within Food, the company identifies four operating categories—Fresh Pork, Convenience, Gourmet Products, and Poultry—but does not report full-year segment revenue and profit separately for all four. Fresh Pork and Poultry represented 22.9% and 20.3% of Group revenue, respectively. [T5125132][P104129121][P66836036][P87412150]\n[T5125132][P104863551][P104129121][P66836036][P87412150][https://cranswick.plc.uk/news/preliminary-results-2025-26][https://cranswick.plc.uk/investors/reports-accounts]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:07.573624Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Cranswick was incorporated in 1972 as Cranswick Mill Group plc; its operating origins date to 1975, when local farmers established Cranswick Mill to produce pig feed. The company floated in 1985, marking an early milestone in its development beyond its farming roots. [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01074383] [https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-story] [https://www.prairiehogcountry.com/2018/10/04/cranswick-an-east-yorkshire-success-story/]\n\nIn the early 1990s, Cranswick moved into retail food production through the purchase of its Preston facility, and in 1995 established Cranswick Gourmet Sausage Company. [https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-story-old/our-sites/preston] [https://cranswick.plc.uk/our-story] It broadened its operations through acquisitions including East Anglian Pigs in 2013, cooked-poultry producer Benson Park in 2014, and integrated poultry business Crown Chicken in 2016. [https://www.just-food.com/news/uk-cranswick-buys-pig-breeder-east-anglian-pigs/] [https://cranswick.plc.uk/news/cranswick-plc-preliminary-results-2014-2015] [https://cranswick.plc.uk/news/acquisition-leading-integrated-poultry-business-0]\n\nAdam Couch became chief executive in 2012, succeeding Bernard Hoggarth; in 2021, Tim Smith succeeded Martin Davey as chair. [https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/cranswick-to-get-new-boss-as-profits-rise-7769994.html] [https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/cranswick--cwk/change-of-chairmanship/6431520] More recently, the company acquired cooked-meat processor Froch Foods in 2024 and expanded into pig genetics, food-service sausages and pig-feed production through acquisitions in 2025. 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