San Carlo potato crisps, positive balance sheet and slightly growing market share
Revenues stable at EUR 366 million and net profit at EUR 23.90 million (+1.64%). 40 million invested
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Positive balance sheet for San Carlo crisps in the year of its 90th birthday, especially taking into consideration the not brilliant moment that the sector is going through. San Carlo Gruppo Alimentare Spa in fact closed the 2025 financial year with consolidated revenues of 366.36 million euro, a slight increase of 0.54%.
"In the large-scale retail sector, San Carlo gained 0.7 share points in value terms in the Chips & Snacks segment; in the Bar segment, it held up better than the trend in the reference channel," comment the company, at a time when the reference market closed 2025 in negative territory: "the Chips & Snacks segment recorded -0.4% in value and -1.3% in volume in the modern channel, while in the Away-from-home segment the Bar segment recorded -2.7%.
The gross operating margin (Ebitda) stood at EUR 63.7 million, or 17.39% of net revenue, 'in line with the Group's structural profitability trajectory'. Operating profit (EBIT) grew by 30.8% to EUR 38.82 million (EUR 29.68 million in 2024). Consolidated net profit rose to EUR 23.90 million (+1.64%) from EUR 23.52 million in the previous year. The net financial position stood at EUR 124.76 million, against investments of more than EUR 40 million made between plants, digital systems to support the supply chain, and fleet renewal with 527 new vehicles.
"In a year that has seen the Chips & Snacks market contract, the Group has confirmed its growth trajectory in terms of revenues, profit and market share," says Susanna Vitaloni, President and CEO of San Carlo Gruppo Alimentare Spa. "These positive results allow us to enter 2026 with the strength of structural growth.
The results come in the year in which San Carlo celebrates 90 years since its foundation, from the Milanese delicatessen in Via Lecco in 1936 to the industrial group of today: four plants in Lombardy, Trentino and Piedmont, more than 150 distribution centres, more than 2,000 employees - including more than 1,200 agents manning around 200,000 points of sale - and a leadership that has now reached the third generation of the family.
