Princes Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Princes Group (LSE: PRN) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom that owns 8 consumer brands.[1]
Liverpool-based maker of canned fish, tomatoes, pulses, soups, edible oils and pasta, founded in 1880 as a canned fish business and listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 October 2025. It was owned by Mitsubishi Corporation from 1989 until 2024, when Newlat Food S.p.A. (now NewPrinces S.p.A.) bought it; NewPrinces S.p.A. holds 82.70% of the shares. Besides its own brands it is a large supplier of retailers' own-label products. It also runs brands under licence (Flora, Branston, Capri-Sun) that are not listed here, and its oils business, Edible Oils Limited, is a 50% joint operation with Archer Daniels Midland (UK).
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Princes Group plc (also Princes, Princes Limited)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1880
- Tickers
- LSE: PRN
- Website
- www.princesgroup.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Princes Group in numbers
- Princes Group owns 8 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 8 brands.[1]
- 5 of its brands originated outside United Kingdom.
Everything Princes Group owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 8 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Princes Group own?
Princes Group owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including Crosse & Blackwell, Princes, Crisp 'n Dry, Napolina, Wielkopolski and Birkel.
Is Princes Group a British company?
Yes. Princes Group is headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom and was founded in 1880.
Who owns Princes Group?
Princes Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as PRN on the LSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Princes Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Princes Group plc, Annual report, published 24 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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