Sweden

Strong market standing and leading brands

The HKScan Group’s business in Sweden is carried on by Scan AB and its subsidiaries. Scan engages in the diverse processing and marketing of pork, beef and lamb, processed meats and convenience foods. The company's industrial base is in Sweden, with some industrial activity also taking place in Poland and Denmark.

Scan AB has been a part of the HKScan Group since 2007. Its most important and best-known brands are Scan and Pärsons.

The two main prongs of Scan AB’s business are its meat business unit and processed meat and convenience food unit. Complementing these are Scan's industrial subsidiaries, the largest of which is SLP Pärsons AB.

Responsibility and culinary identity

Scan is the largest meat business in Sweden and its brands make up a part of the culinary identity in Sweden.

Scan AB is an environmental management pioneer in the Swedishmeat sector. It is also the bellwether in its attention to ethical concerns and animal welfare in its day-to-day operations. Sweden is an acknowledged world leader in terms of legislation governing animal welfare.

In 2011 the HKScan Group got 40.9% of its net sales and 35.7% of its earnings from market area Sweden.

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