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Unilever are in a unique position to understand the relationships between nutrition, hygiene, and personal care. By bringing this together we are able to create brands that help you feel good, look good and get more out of life.
Financial facts
- With annual sales of nearly €2.4 billion, the UK is the second largest country in Unilever after US.
- We employ 179 000 people in 100 countries worldwide.
- We invest €1 billion every year on research and development.
- In 2005 we spent over €78 million on a wide range of community projects
- Over half of our worldwide sales are generated by our Foods brands, which include Knorr, Flora, Hellmann's, Lipton, Slim·Fast, Bertolli and Walls.
- Unilever UK Foods has annual sales of almost £900 million and employs 2 000 people at 11 locations around the UK.
Did you know?
- Unilever has 400 brands globally. In the UK we have over 35 brands covering foods, home and personal care.
- Every day, 150 million people choose our brands to feed their families and to clean themselves and their homes.
- 35 million cups of PG tips are drunk every day - enough to fill six Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- 77% of all English mustard bought in the UK is Colman's.
- Over a million tubs of Flora are made every day.
- Launched in 1909, Persil is the UK's leading and longest established washing Powder.
- One billion Wall's ice creams are eaten every year.
- Four Pot Noodles are sold every second.
- Our products are in 612 million shopping baskets every year – that’s one in six.
- Our consumer Careline employs both a nutritionist and a dermatologist - we can give the best expert advice to consumers and ensure that our advisors have specialist training on these important areas.
