San Carlo Unichips rises while the crisps market falls
San Carlo Unichips rises while the crisps market falls
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Grows across the board San Carlo Gruppo Alimentare, with net revenue 2025 standing at 366,36 million euros (+0,54 per cent).
The consolidated results come in a more challenging context, marked by weak food consumption and the decline in the crisps and snacks market.
San Carlo turns ninety
The results arrive in the year in which the Milan-based group celebrates its 90 years since its foundation, from the Milanese delicatessen on Via Lecco in 1936, to its current configuration: four plants across Lombardy, Trentino and Piedmont, as well as 150 distribution centres, more than 2.000 collaborators - including more than 1.200 agents covering approximately 200.000 points of sale – and management now in the hands of the family’s third generation.
The reference market, as mentioned, proved to be slowing, recording a decline of -0,4% in value and -1,3% in volume in modern retail, while the out-of-home channel saw a decline of 2,7 per cent.
Market share increases in the modern grocery channel
In modern grocery retail, Gruppo San Carlo gained 0,7 share points by value on the snack and crisps shelves, while in the impulse segment it performed better than the average.
Gross operating margin (Ebitda) stood at 63,7 million euros, equal to 17,39% of net revenue, in line with the company’s trajectory of structural profitability.
The operating result (Ebit) delivered an exceptional performance, up +30,8%, to 38,82 million euros (29,68 million in 2024).
The consolidated net profit rose to 23,9 million euros (+1,64%) from 23,52 million in the previous financial year.
Forty million in investments
The financial position was, as at 31 December, 124,76 million euros, against investments of more than 40 million allocated to plants, digital systems supporting the supply chain, cybersecurity and fleet renewal, with 527 new vehicles.
Comments Susanna Vitaloni, chair and chief executive officer: “These positive results allow us to enter 2026, the year of our ninetieth anniversary, with the strength of structural growth. The investments of 2025 serve as levers that strengthen production capacity, product quality and our presence across the country.”
The shareholders’ meeting of the holding company, Unichips finanziaria, approved the statutory financial statements as at 31 December 2025, reporting a profit for the year of 15,73 million euros, up from 14,21 million the previous year.
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