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Ollie is based in our Princes’ headquarters in Liverpool and is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with our customers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Ollie says: I’ve always been interested in the food and drink industry and how products end up on supermarket shelves. I studied Business Management at Liverpool...
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Joanne recently took on a new role as Group Colleague Training Lead for Princes for the UK. She is also a Pride in Princes winner, our awards which celebrate colleagues who go the extra mile to bring our values to life. Joanne says: Unlike some of my colleagues, I didn’t begin my career in FMCG....
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Elliot is a Project Engineer at our site in Long Sutton in Lincolnshire which is home to our Canning Excellence Programme and our largest production site in the UK. Elliot says: I started working for Princes in December 2019 and was introduced to our Project Engineering framework. My initial projects were between £10k-£100k and enabled...
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International food and drink group Princes today announces that Italian based Newlat Food S.p.A (‘Newlat’) intends to acquire the entire Princes Group (‘Group’) from Mitsubishi Corporation, encompassing all current operations and brands in an agreement valued at £700m. Chief Executive Officer Simon Harrison said: “This is an exciting prospect for Princes, and we are delighted...
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Simon is based in Long Sutton, our largest food production site in the UK and where we produce a range of canned products including baked beans, vegetables, fruit, pulses, pasta and meatballs. He joined Princes in 2012 and is part of a team ensuring that our equipment and processes operate at optimal levels at all...
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Estelle works for Princes Foods in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, which is our European Head Office. She joined the company in 2019 and manages and coordinates our customer own-brands and new product development in the region. Estelle says: One of the things I really like about working for Princes is that you feel part of...
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We lit up our iconic Liverpool head office to mark this week’s GroceryAid Day. The multi-coloured lighting up of the historic Royal Liver Building in the heart of Liverpool city centre is a high-profile way to celebrate GroceryAid’s support of colleagues working in the grocery industry. GroceryAid has been providing free and confidential emotional, practical...
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International food and drink business Princes Group has today appointed Simon Harrison as Chief Executive Officer. Since his appointment as deputy Managing Director in June last year, Princes has seen growth across all key business units and has also successfully acquired a number of major strategic customers, which the business says has led to record...
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Princes is proud to be going further than the UK requirement when the new Carers’ Leave Act comes into force on April 6. The Act entitles employees to one week of unpaid leave every 12 months, typically the equivalent of five days. This can be taken as individual or half days across the year. We...
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We’re proud to introduce our first ever Sales Apprentices who are working out of our iconic head office in Liverpool’s Royal Liver Building. Tom, Eve and Ruby joined our brand-new scheme on January 8th and are settling in well. Over the course of their three-year apprenticeship they will combine studying for a degree in Business...