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STAPLES (VEGETABLES) LIMITED

Company number 00504587 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 8.5% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 52% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of food products it is in the bottom quarter of 266 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 52 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 125 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 553 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,886 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 835 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 698 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 599 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 578 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 527 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 487 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 388 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 356 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 489 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,642 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

-1500% -1250% -1000% -750% -500% -250% 0 +250% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 3.2% 2018/19: 8.9% 2019/20: 5.7% 2020/21: 6.5% 2021/22: 0.9% 2022/23: 13.3% 2023/24: 15% 2024/25: 8.9% 2025/26: 8.5% Median gap 2017/18: 10.1% 2018/19: 18.7% 2019/20: 18.3% 2020/21: 21.4% 2021/22: -133.7% 2022/23: 0.3% 2023/24: 0.1% 2024/25: 2.5% 2025/26: -8.3% Mean gap 2017/18: -50% 2018/19: -1500% 2019/20: -500% 2020/21: -700% 2021/22: -357.1% 2022/23: -1100% 2023/24: -1100% 2024/25: -585.7% 2025/26: -1100% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 3.2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 8.5% -8.3% -1100% 15.8% 27.9%
2024/25 8.9% 2.5% -585.7% 12.4% 32.2%
2023/24 15% 0.1% -1100% 15.4% 32.3%
2022/23 13.3% 0.3% -1100% 15.4% 31.1%
2021/22 0.9% -133.7% -357.1% 29.2% 42.6%
2020/21 6.5% 21.4% -700% 20.5% 36%
2019/20 5.7% 18.3% -500% 23.7% 35.6%
2018/19 8.9% 18.7% -1500% 19.3% 39.5%
2017/18 3.2% 10.1% -50% 24% 31.9%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.