£1.5 billion in sales for food firm Princes
Food and drink giant Princes, which employs 24 people in Shropshire, today announced record sales of £1.51 billion.
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The firm has a natural mineral water production site on Shrewsbury Road in Church Stretton.
It today said that it grew sales by 28 per cent in the year to March 2012 and generated a profit after tax of £31.1m, up 13 per cent on the previous year.
The company supplies Aqua Pura water from the Shropshire hills site and is the UK's largest manufacturer and supplier of canned food.
The Princes Group now employs over 6,000 people and has ambitions to achieve annual sales of £2 billion.
Bosses said they were delighted with the results.
