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K E Y F I G U R E S
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R E V E N U E
$277.6m
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2.5%
2022: $270.9M
CATCH & HARVEST
56.1k GWT
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8.7%
2022: 51.6k GWT
ADJUSTED EBIT
$26.6m
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38.7%
2022: $19.2M
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
7.5/10
NO CHANGE 2022: 7.5/10
NPAT
$11.1m
- 82.0% 2022: $6.1M
INTERIM DIVIDEND
6 cents
- 6 CENTS
2022: NO INTERIM DIVIDEND PAID
CHAIRMAN AND CEO REVIEW
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C H A I R M A N A N D
C E O R E V I E W
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Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) for H1 2023 is $11.1 million which compares favourably to NPAT for H1 2022 of $6.1 million (up 82%).
Revenue of $277.6 million for the half represents a 2.5% increase on H1 2022's $270.9 million.
INTERIM DIVIDEND
several high-end supermarket chains in key US markets including Central Markets in Texas and New Seasons in the Portland metropolitan area. Although we do not supply these customers directly, we do manage the relationship and support activity which ensures we are working to our stated strategy to "Build and sustain partnerships with customers
Sir Robert McLeod
CHAIRMAN
Peter Reidie
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Welcome to Sanford's 2023 Interim report which presents our results and key developments for the six months ending 31st March 2023. We are pleased to report further improvement in our financial performance, particularly a strong Adjusted EBIT improvement on the prior year. Despite this improvement, labour shortages and cost pressures have meant we have not yet returned to pre-Covid levels of profitability.
Our Adjusted EBIT for H1 2023 is $26.6 million, representing a 38.7% increase on the same period last year, when Adjusted EBIT was $19.2 million. Our intention is to increase our EBIT performance to historical highs, which peaked between 2017 and 2019 (H1 2018 being the highest at $35.4 million). Delivering an improved result across our Mussels division and in inshore fishing is the key to us securing this goal. We detail below in our Divisional breakdowns how we plan to achieve this.
The trend of improved profitability that
we have reported in our last three reporting periods has us heading in the right direction.
The Board is pleased to announce that an Interim Dividend of six cents per share will be paid, based on the improved financial performance of the company. This is the first interim dividend for three years and will be paid in June.
A POSITIVE SALES STORY
The overall picture in our global sales is encouraging. Demand is strong across the board, for our premium products including scampi and salmon, through to those at the "commodity" end, including squid and hoki. Pricing is also strong, and for some products it is at record levels. We achieved the highest sales price in Sanford's history for salmon, squid, hoki, scampi and certain mussel formats during this half year.
Strategically, we continue our work to get closer to our markets and customers. An outcome of this has been an ability to get closer to the end use customer, which has meant a greater proportion of our volume is being sold with fewer steps in the supply chain than has previously been the case. In H1 we have brought on
aligned to our purpose."
We are leveraging closer-to-customer relationships to achieve improved pricing as evidenced by our improved revenue per kg to $5.71 from $4.73 in the prior comparable period (pcp).
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INITIATIVE | DELIVERED IN H1 2023 |
Build and sustain | • Launch of Big Glory Bay fresh tray packed product with Foodstuffs |
partnerships with | • Continued diversification of our global customer base, bringing on |
customers aligned | eight new retail partners within the last six months |
to our purpose | • Further extension of our portfolio with key customers across |
Europe, Asia and US markets. For example one customer has | |
expanded their Sanford product range from two to five products | |
in a key Asian market | |
• New customer partnership in China to expand scampi business | |
Develop | • Appointment of Group Risk Manager |
expertise, | • Results from first of three mussel powder studies showing positive |
knowledge and | outcomes in alleviating knee pain |
insight to drive | • Climate futures workshopped with our divisional businesses to |
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• Investment in SPATnz and Bioactives skills & capability | |
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Improve value | • Opening of Sanford Bioactives in Blenheim and ongoing work on |
utilisation of | delivery of mussel oil and powder processing |
entire fish and | • Changed cascade of frozen at sea ling catch to improve quality |
eliminate waste | of value adding products and utilisation of whole fish. For example |
heads being sold instead of sent to fishmeal | |
• Launch of salmon fish portions enabling use of higher proportion | |
of fish | |
• Circular benefit of wildcatch fishmeal to producers of feed for | |
our salmon | |
Invest in systems | • SanCore programme advances with progress on implementation of |
and processes to | our D365 system to manage core finance and supply chain processes |
drive a high | • Adoption of Marel Innova product tracking system at Sanford |
achieving | Bioactives plant and on vessels in our deepwater fleet with 7 out |
organisation | of 12 vessels adopting this system by end of H1 and the rest on track |
to be converted by end May 2023 | |
• Salmon mortalities well managed using relocated pens, pen cleaning | |
and oxygenation systems on our Stewart Island salmon farms |
Differentiate through innovation, quality, provenance, sustainability, operational excellence and application of science
- Adoption of super baffler bird mitigation on fishing vessels
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Ongoing work on Big Glory Bay brand including winning
NZ Outstanding Food Producer Awards for our portions product - Initiated implementation of seafood sector climate adaptation strategy
- Approved significant emissions reduction upgrades for deepwater fleet vessels which will deliver up to 11% improved energy efficiency
- Contracted the design and build process for a new diesel-electric scampi vessel to improve our efficiency and environmental performance
- Substantiated customer complaints are down 42% in 2023 versus H1 2022, focusing on our quality strategy of Fast, Cold, Clean and Labelling
Ensure the | • Move to a divisional structure to take decision making closer to the |
welfare, growth | drivers of P&L performance |
and fulfilment of | • Appointment of new CPO |
our people - | • Donated 116,000 meal equivalents of seafood to those affected and |
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displaced by January flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle | |
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• Focus on talent attraction and retention with good progress in Bluff | |
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and Stewart Island (Salmon division) and programmes ongoing in | |
Mussels and Wildcatch | |
• LTI (Lost Time Injuries) improvement from 51 in H1 2022 to 19 in H1 | |
2023, a 63% reduction | |
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