In a statement submitted to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP), Ülker Bisküvi* announced that its revenue for the first half of the year was TRY 51.6 billion. The company ended the same period with an EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) margin of 17.8%.

Ülker CEO Özgür Kölükfakı, emphasizing the company’s continued contribution to Turkey’s added value, stated:

“In the first six months of the year, we maintained our leadership in the snack sector in Turkey and in the biscuit market in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. With our strong innovations, we introduced 32 new products to our consumers during this period, which positively impacted our market share. Through our newly established direct distribution center in Uzbekistan, regional dealerships in 12 different cities, and all sales channels, we aim to reach 30,000 sales points.”

Kölükfakı continued: “Sustainability lies at the heart of all our operations. In line with our sustainability approach, which we have grouped under the main themes of our planet, value chain, employees, and society, we are working towards our goals with our zero-waste company model. We are making steady progress toward our 2050 net-zero company target, which is one of the main focuses of our sustainability strategy regarding the climate crisis. Additionally, through projects such as ‘More Than Cocoa,’ ‘More Than Hazelnuts,’ and ‘Regenerative Agriculture,’ we support agriculture. Our ‘Biofortification Project,’ carried out in collaboration with Sabancı University, has yielded its first results by enriching wheat in the field with zinc and selenium. We launched a limited edition of our Saklıköy Enriched Whole Grain Biscuits, made from wheat nourished with foliar applications of zinc and selenium during cultivation.”

“Thanks to the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into our business processes, we are developing projects in machine learning, optimization, and image processing across sales, marketing, production, and supply chain. By positioning AI as a strategic advantage, we are achieving significant gains in critical areas such as data integration and cost management. The opportunities it offers allow us to make faster, data-driven decisions, optimize costs, and increase operational efficiency. Through our AI-supported analytical models, we analyze sales data to make demand forecasts more accurate, thereby improving inventory management. By closely following digitalization trends, we are investing in automation in our production facilities. AI-supported automation takes over repetitive tasks, allowing human resources to focus on more strategic work. The 20 autonomous mobile robots we commissioned last year, specially designed for the infrastructure of our Gebze factory, transport 2,600 types of materials, primarily raw materials and packaging. We recently extended this application to our factory in Ankara, where we have started using 13 more autonomous robots.”

“We also continue our social initiatives in sports. Our video series ‘Competing with Heart,’ prepared in collaboration with the Turkish National Paralympic Committee, of which we are the main sponsor, aimed to highlight the inspiring struggles and stories of Paralympic athletes and has been viewed millions of  times.”

*A subsidiary of pladis Foods Limited.