Annual Report 2021

AR 2021

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CEO,CEO,CEO,Valora Stories
AnnualReport2021 2021 in a nutshell 30.3 EBIT million CHF (+ 116 %) within the communicated guidance 2 230 external sales million CHF (– 0 %) Recovery from ...
Letter to Shareholders
Reporting
Dear shareholders Valora is on its way to recovery. We closed 2021 successfully with EBIT of CHF 30.3 million, thereby fully ...
Interview CEO Food Service,Food Service,Food Service,Food Service,Food Service,Food Service,Interview CEO,Production,Production,Production,Production
“Our foodvenience strategy also has high value creation potential in the future.” Michael Mueller, CEO Valora Gruppe Michael Mueller, what was your ...
Key financial data
EBIT in CHF million 2021 30.3 EBIT margin in % 2021 1.7 Gross profit margin in % 2021 44.6 EBITDA in CHF million 2021 95.5 Free cash flow in CHF million 2021 25.1 Earnings per share in CHF 2021 1.88 External sales in CHF million 172454 182731 192681 202233 212230 EBIT in ...
5-year overview
Financials
All totals and percentages are based on unrounded figures from the consolidated financial statements. From continuing operations 2017 and 2018 revised according ...
Review of Group Results
Review of Group Results With EBIT of CHF 30.3 million, the Valora Group concluded the 2021 financial year well in line ...
Strategy, Intro
We brighten up our customers’ day. Wherever people are on the move. VISION We offer the best food and convenience concepts based ...
Strategy, Market environment
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Digitalisation,Digitalisation,Digitalisation,Digitalisation,Digitalisation
Food-venience* Convenience as the shopping experience and as a product range combined with an ever growing fresh food selection – that ...
Strategy, Trends Outlets,Outlets,Outlets,Outlets,Outlets,Outlets,Trends
Trends Three social macrotrends determine what Valora customers need: Increasing mobility, the changing lifestyles as well as the rapidly growing influence ...
Strategy, Positioning Sales formats,Sales formats
Positioning Each and every day, around 15 000 employees in the Valora network work to brighten up their customers’ journey with a ...
Strategy, Strategic pillars Foodvenience,Foodvenience,Foodvenience,Foodvenience,Foodvenience,Foodvenience,Foodvenience,Foodvenience
Five strategic pillars In 2019, Valora communicated its strategy until 2025, which it is consistently pursuing, for the entire Group and ...
Strategy, Financial targets
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Financials,Financials,Financials,Financials,Financials
Operational financial targets In 2019, the Valora Group adopted a new corporate strategy and long-term operating targets until 2025 on the ...
Strategy, Digitalisation Innovation,Innovation,Innovation,Innovation,Innovation,Innovation
Digitalisation Convenience at Valora is not restricted to the selection available, but is also part of the entire shopping experience. That ...
Strategy, Brand portfolio Brands,Brands,Own brands,Retail,Retail,Retail,Retail
Sales formats Valora adopts a multiformat approach to maximise customer benefit with concepts tailored to the retail space and customer footfall. ...
Strategy, Production
Production Valora is one of the world’s leading producers of pretzels and benefits from a highly integrated value chain. In 2021, ...
Sustainability, Interview Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Employees,Interview,Interview,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability,Sustainability
“With the sustainability strategy, we assume responsibility along the entire value chain. Regarding climate, that means we are looking for ...
Sustainability, Highlights
Highlights 169 000 Portions Last year, Valora sold 169 000 reduced-price food portions through its partnership with Too Good To Go. This was ...
Sustainability, Strategy
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Achangingworld «War for Talents» From the technical expertise of a programmer to the dexterity of a barista: specialists have their own ideas ...
Sustainability, Enablers
Sustainability
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Enablers Culture and organisation The goal is clear: sustainability must become part of Valora’s corporate DNA. As this is a long-term process, ...
Sustainability, People
SustainableDevelopmentGoals People Fair Working Conditions The employees not only drive the implementation of the business strategy, but also represent Valora externally – especially ...
Sustainability, Planet
SustainableDevelopmentGoals Planet Food Waste According to the experts of foodwaste.ch, approximately a third of foodstuffs worldwide fail to complete the journey from farm ...
Sustainability, Products
Annual Report 2021
SustainableDevelopmentGoals Products Ecofriendly and Fair Products Valora’s greatest sustainability lever is product selection in the sales outlets. This is due to the major ...
Governance, Board of Directors Corporate Governance,Corporate Governance,Corporate Governance,Corporate Governance
Board of Directors Franz Julen, Sascha Zahnd, Michael Kliger, Insa Klasing, Felix Stinson, Dr Karin Schwab, Markus Bernhard Franz Julen ChairmanChairman Governance Board ...
Governance, Committees
Governance
Board of Directors,Board of Directors,Board of Directors,Board of Directors,Board of Directors,Board of Directors,Board of Directors,Committees
Committees Overview of the Board’s Committee Memberships Board member Year of first election Nomination and Compensation Committee Audit Committee Franz Julen2007 — — Sascha Zahnd 2019 Member — Michael Kliger2017Chairman — Insa Klasing2019Member — Markus Bernhard2020 — Chairman Karin Schwab2020 — Member Felix ...
Governance, Executive Management Management,Management
Executive Management https://www.valora.com/ar2021/video/numbers_en.mp4Roger Vogt, Michael Mueller, Thomas Eisele, Beat Fellmann Michael Mueller Group CEO Beat Fellmann Group CFO Thomas Eisele CEO Food Service Roger Vogt CEO Retail
Remuneration
Remuneration
Remuneration
Remuneration Michael Kliger Chairman of the NCC Dear Shareholders On behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Nomination and Compensation Committee ...