Sligro Food Group NV - SLIGR- Profile

Sligro Food Group NV. The Group's principal activity is wholesale supply of food to the catering trade and the retail business, as well as non-food items (such as furniture, kitchen and cooking equipment) to the catering trade. The Group has wholesale operations throughout the Netherlands. Apart from cash and carry wholesale, Group has also an extensive delivery service throughout the Netherlands. The Group adopts a multichannel strategy covering various forms of sales and distribution (self-service and delivery) using several different distribution channels. At 31-Dec-2006, The Group's food retail business consists of 300 franchise stores and 30 large format supermarkets, while the food service business operates 42 cash and carry stores and 11 distribution centres. Food Service accounted for 73% of 2006 revenues and Food Retail, 27%