Annual rank3
Italy · Consumer Non-Cyc.
NewPrinces
NewPrinces lists dairy, pasta, bakery, ready meals, canned foods, beverages, plant-based alternatives and baby-food products among its categories.
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
current context only
Company profile
Products, brands and footprint
NewPrinces is a vertically integrated food-and-beverage and retail group. It combines 32 manufacturing facilities, more than 30 key brands and over 1,000 Italian stores across categories ranging from pasta, canned fish and tomatoes to beverages, dairy and specialised nutrition. Its portfolio links historic consumer names with contract manufacturing, research, product development and distribution.
Products and services
A portfolio built around everyday food
Plants across the group make pasta, pulses and tomato preserves, canned fish and ready meals. The range also covers juices, soft drinks, spirits, dairy, bakery and infant nutrition; Napolina's recipe library shows how some of these products reach the kitchen.
- Pasta Formats, specialist nutrition options and production locations
- Beverages Juices, soft drinks, spirits and ready-to-drink products
- Canned food Fish, pulses, vegetables, meat, soups and ready meals
- Baby food Infant foods, formulas and specialised nutrition
- Cook with Napolina The brand's collection of Italian-inspired recipes
- ▶ VideoWatch: pesto casarecce with burrata Napolina's English-language 15-minute pasta recipe
Brands
Names with distinct market histories
Napolina brings pasta, tomatoes and oils to UK kitchens; Princes spans more than 350 food and drink products. Plasmon has specialised in infant nutrition since 1902 and operates a controlled raw-material programme launched in 1981. Birkel and 3 Glocken add German pasta histories dating to 1874 and 1884.
Geography and footprint
Named businesses across six production countries
Princes Italia operates sites including Foggia, Eboli and Ozzano Taro; Princes Group is headquartered in Liverpool and Newlat in Mannheim. The network also reaches France, Poland and tuna operations in Mauritius.
- Explore all locations Operating companies, plants, offices and addresses by country
- Group overview Portfolio, production footprint and Italian retail network
- ▶ VideoWatch: inside the Ozzano Taro plant The plant director explains the site, with English subtitles
Operating model
From manufacturing to the end consumer
NewPrinces links Princes Italia's manufacturing, Princes Retail's store network and specialist businesses such as Princes Ready to Drink and Plasmon. It serves branded retail, B2B contract manufacturing and Ho.Re.Ca., with co-development and R&D connecting product design to distribution.
- How the group works Manufacturing facilities, stores and integrated capabilities
- Operating companies Princes Italia, Princes Retail, Plasmon, Newlat and other businesses
- Business model Branded retail, contract manufacturing and Ho.Re.Ca. channels
Official profile sources: NewPrinces | Home · Why invest in NewPrinces
Current 2026 update
2026 highlights
First quarter 2026 · 1 June 2026
First quarter 2026latest official update
4curated 2026 highlights
−19%2026 stock return · context only
Retail repositioning
Princes Retail moved its price index close to market parity, from 106 under Carrefour Italia to around 100, while improving its margin year on year.
New businesses enter the channels
Plasmon and Princes Ready to Drink entered the consolidation scope from 1 January, broadening activity across B2B and specialist food-service channels.
GS integration in progress
The GS Group remained in reorganisation, but NewPrinces reported better operating indicators and gradually lower costs from March.
Comparable operating performance
On the combined basis, Q1 revenue fell 6.6% to €1.50bn while EBITDA increased to €71.3m from €60.9m.
Official 2026 sources: Interim Management Report at 31 March 2026 · 1 June 2026
Annual record
Ranking history
Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.
| Edition | Measurement period | Rank | Revenue growth | Net-income growth | Stock return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FY2022–FY2025 | 3 | +299% | +5928% | +346% |