industry food founded 1974 headquarters hull uk key people martin davey chairman adam couch ceo mark bottomley group finance director jim brisby group commercial director revenue 1069.6 million 2016 1 operating income 53.7 million 2015 1 net income 41.3 million 2015 1 number of employees 4750 website www.cranswick.plc.uk cranswick plc is a leading uk food producer and supplier of premium fresh and added value food products . the company is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 operations 4 operational highlights 5 references 6 external links history edit cranswick was founded by jim bloom mike field and twenty one other east riding of yorkshire farmers producing pig feed in 1974 under the name cranswick mill . the company subsequently diversified into food production . it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1985 . 2 in 1993 cranswick diversified into pet products with the purchase of george buckton and then in 2009 sold its pet products business . 3 the company has recently moved back to breeding and rearing its own british pigs after acquiring east anglian pigs limited and livestock and assets from dent ltd in 2013 . 4 cranswick has developed through a combination of acquisitions and subsequent organic growth enabling the company to build upon its philosophy of working with artisan producers to provide premium market leading products to a much wider audience . the company now serves its customers from twelve production facilities across the uk . 5 acquisitions edit 2001 continental fine foods 6 2003 cranswick plc acquires the sandwich factory 2005 perkins chilled foods 7 2006 delico a cooked meats producer 8 2009 bowes of norfolk 9 2012 kingston foods a cooked meats business 10 2013 east anglian pigs ltd and dent ltd pig rearing businesses 11 2014 benson park a premium cooked poultry business 12 operations edit cranswick produces fresh pork gourmet sausages cooked meat air dried bacon premium cooked poultry charcuterie sandwiches and gourmet pastry products . 13 the company s brands include bodega weight watchers woodall s simply sausages red lion foods and the black farmer . 14 cranswick s core market is the uk but the company has a rapidly developing export business serving the european us and south east asian markets . 15 operational highlights edit operational highlights for the year ended 31 march 2015 acquired benson park limited a leading producer of premium british cooked poultry 16 21 million investment in the group s asset based 16 extension of the delico cooked meats facility in milton keynes completed on time and to budget 16 major upgrade to the norfolk fresh pork site 16 23 per cent growth in non eu export sales 16 references edit a b c pdf https cranswick.plc.uk sites default files factsheet % 20fy16.pdf . retrieved 14 october 2016 . missing or empty title help london stock exchange case studies cranswick mill group acquires george buckton thomson m & a 29 june 1993 cranswick expands pig farming the telegraph 20 may 2014 preliminary results 2013 pdf . cranswick . retrieved 26 march 2015 . cranswick plc acquires continental fine foods thomson m & a 30 july 2001 cranswick buys division of perkins foods the grocer 21 december 2004 cranswick buys cooked meats producer delico for 17.9 m europe intelligence wire 2 november 2006 cranswick snaps up bowes of norfolk the grocer 6 april 2009 cranswick profits from quick service trade the telegraph 3 july 2012 cranswick snaps up east anglian pigs meat info 30 april 2013 cranswick gobbles up yorkshire cooked poultry product firm city a.m. 24 october 2014 bloomberg cranswick company profile bloomberg retrieved 9 april 2015 financial times cranswick plc financial times retrieved 9 april 2015 hull food firm cranswick sets sights on asia sales hull daily mail 8 april 2014 a b c d e preliminary results 2013 pdf . cranswick . retrieved 26 march 2015 . external links edit official 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