Greencore have announced the completion of its acquisition of Bakkavor, creating a new leader in convenience food. This milestone marks the start of a new chapter for Greencore as it prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary and set the stage for industry-defining growth.
The combined business brings together 28,000 colleagues across 36 UK and US locations, producing an incredible 3,200 products across more than 20 categories.
Every year, the new Greencore will deliver approximately:
- 1 billion sandwiches, salads, sushi and other food-to-go items
- 400 million chilled prepared meals
- 260 million desserts
- 125 million pizzas
This scale makes Greencore the world’s largest fresh pre-packed sandwich maker, and a powerhouse in convenience food for every occasion – from breakfast and lunch to dinner and everything in between.
By combining two businesses with deep customer trust and strong supplier partnerships, Greencore now offers one of the most comprehensive product ranges in the industry. Its products can be found across the UK in supermarkets, travel hubs, discounters, coffee shops, and other key food-to-go destinations.
The increased scale also amplifies Greencore’s ability to make a positive sustainability impact across its operations, supply chain, and the communities it serves.
Dalton Philips, CEO of Greencore, commented: “This year we celebrate Greencore’s 100th anniversary, and bringing together our two great businesses marks another significant milestone in that long history. We now have the scale, expertise and ambition to lead the way in convenience food – delivering even more for our customers and creating exciting opportunities for our colleagues. With the continued support and hard work of our teams, our focus is on making Greencore a great place to work, successfully grow ing the business and continuing to deliver for all our stakeholders.”
Greencore is the UK’s leading convenience food manufacturer, bringing industry-leading innovation to create high-quality, fresh and convenient food to customers and consumers.
Greencore Boston site produces food to go salads, fresh meals, side of plate salads, ready to eat prepared veg, roasting veg, cooked pasta, grains & pulses, fresh drizzles & dressings, snack pots for major retailers, convenience stores and foodservice. The site employs approximately 900 people. The total production and storage areas is c. 80,000sqft.
The acquisition of Bakkavor means that the Cucina Sano site, located in Old Leake has transferred into the Greencore group. Bakkavor’s Old Leake facility specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals, modern deli items, and fresh prepared foods, particularly for major retailers like Marks & Spencer, with a focus on quality and convenience. They produce a broad range of fresh food, including meals, dips, pizzas, and sauces, serving big supermarket chains.
Planning permission was applied for by Bakkavour in August 2025, for a 1,998m² extension to the main production building, creating new cooking facilities, chilled high-care work-in-progress storage, and an improved goods-in area, alongside a 97m² extension to the existing effluent treatment building. The application was granted in November 2025.
Nationwide, the business supplies all major UK supermarkets, convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice providers, and other retailers. The portfolio spans products across all meal occasions, including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, ready meals, pizza and bread, chilled soups and sauces, quiche, ambient sauces, pickles, frozen Yorkshire puddings, dips and desserts.
In addition, the business is a well-established national manufacturer of fresh meals to grocery retailers in the US, producing fresh meals, breads, dips soups, sauces and burritos out of manufacturing facilities in California, Texas and North Carolina.
Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the combined entity generated approximately £4 billion in revenue in FY25 and employs around 28,000 people.
