Hedon Salads struck a positive note despite reporting a fall in profits this week.
The company said rising input costs were to blame for the fall in pre-tax profit to £192,075 in the year to 30 November 2009, down from £387,100 the previous year.
In May, Hedon Salads merged with English Village Salads (EVS), part of the Bakkavör Group, and Hedon md Tom Salmon told FPJ the company now has a “strong part of the northern market”.
The East Yorkshire business’s annual accounts, filed at Companies House this week, reveal that turnover rose from £30.9 million in 2008 to £35.5m in 2009. Gross profit rose from £4.1m in 2008 to £5.4m in 2009.
Salmon added: “The trading environment remains very hard and costs are up because the price of everything - fuel, pesticides, water, packaging, fertiliser - is up.
“The whole supply industry continues to change and the supermarkets continue to dominate that position. It is difficult to cover off all the need and requirements of the supermarkets and working with a bigger organisation like EVS helps with business.
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