Associated British Foods PLC

AFO2

Company Profile

  • Business description

    Associated British Foods is a diversified international food, ingredients, and retail group with 138,000 employees and operations in 56 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. The group sells branded groceries, grows and processes sugar, supplies farmers with crop input and animal feed, and runs the multinational Primark clothing retail chain. It also supplies ingredients like bakers' yeast, enzymes, lipids, and cereal specialties. In fiscal 2025, approximately 36% of sales came from the UK, and Primark accounted for around 60% of operating profit.On April 21, 2026, ABF announced it plans to separate Primark and the food businesses. Subject to approvals, the demerger is expected to become effective at the end of 2027.

  • Contact

    10 Grosvenor Street
    Weston Centre
    LondonW1K 4QY
    GBR

    T: +44 2073996500

    E: [email protected]

    https://www.abf.co.uk

  • Sector

    Consumer Defensive

    Stock type

    Defensive

  • Industry

    Packaged Foods

    Fiscal Year End

    31 August 2026

    Employees

    138,000

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