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AUSTRALIA’S TOP 100 FOOD & DRINK COMPANIES 2022
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ABBREVIATIONS O Overseas NL Non-listed
11 GEORGEWESTONFOODS REV UP/DOWN
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P Publicly listed
2352
Pty Proprietary/private C Co-operative ▼ Sales down ▲ Sales up
14 WILMARSUGAR REV UP/DOWN
▲ 1752
Wilmar Sugar Australia is a foreign-owned, public unlisted company that derives its revenue from the operation of sugar
refineries to produce cane sugar products, sweeteners
and bioethanol. The company is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Wilmar International, a Singapore-based agribusiness company. It has two joint ventures – Sugar Australia and New Zealand Sugar – and markets a range of sugar and sweetener products under the familiar brands CSR, Chelsea and Equal. The
company operates in Australia and is administered from its head office in Brisbane, Queensland.
15 LACTALISAUSTRALIA REV UP/DOWN
▼ 1918
Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd is a foreign-owned private company that derives its revenue from the processing and distribution of milk, cream, dairy products and fruit juices in Australia and New Zealand. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French-based dairy product processor BSA S.A. Its brands are Pauls Milk, Ice Break Iced Coffee, Tamar Valley, Ski and Vaalia yoghurt, Oak and Breaka flavoured milk, and Lemnos, President, and Galbani cheeses. The company employs 2028 people and is administered from its head office in South Brisbane.
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
TYPE
REV $M
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PREVIOUS REV $M
ONL
2374
08/21
ONL
2038
12/21
Food Investments Pty Ltd, trading as George Weston Foods (GWF), is a foreign-owned private company, deriving revenue from the milling, manufacturing, processing and distribution of food products. Its brands include Tip Top, Sunblest, Abbotts Village Bakery, Bürgen, Golden, DON, KR Castlemaine, Yumi’s, and bakery ingredients company Mauri. After a rollout in South Australia last year, Tip Top expanded its program to replace plastic bag tags with paper ones into New South Wales and Victoria. It will remove almost 100 million (35 tonnes) of plastic tags entering waste streams. GWF employs approximately 6100 people, operates in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Thailand, and has its head office in Sydney, New South Wales.
12 NESTLE REV UP/DOWN
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2371
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
12/21
PREVIOUS REV $M
ONL
2369
12/21
O Pty
1915
Nestle Australia Ltd is a foreign-owned publicly unlisted company, deriving revenue from the manufacture and distribution of a range of food and beverage products. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Switzerland-based food and beverage manufacturer, Nestle S.A. Nestlé Australia fell out of the Top 10 this year, sliding four places from #10. Some of its brands are Nescafé, KitKat, Milo, Maggi, Allen’s, Plaistowe, Uncle Tobys, Sustagen, and Purina pet food. In June it announced more than
40 million 45 gram KitKat bars will be packed in wrappers containing 30 per cent
recycled content, cutting virgin plastic use by around 250,000 square metres. The company
operates in Australia and Fiji, and is administered from its head office in Rhodes, New South Wales.
PEPSICO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
REV UP/DOWN
▲ 1801
PepsiCo ANZ Holdings Pty Ltd is a foreign-owned private company, deriving revenue from the production and retailing of snack foods, oat food products and the marketing of beverages. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc., a US-based snack and beverage manufacturer. Its brands are Smiths, Red Rock Deli, Bluebird, Doritos, Twisties, Sunbites,
Nobby’s, Sakata, Cheetos, Parker’s Copper Kettle, Burger Rings, Tostitos, Off the Eaten Path, Delisio, and Toobs. This year, PepsiCo launched Simply, potato and corn chip snacks with less sodium and less fat than regular products and
a mental health campaign with the youth mental health organisation, ReachOut on its Doritos brand. Kyle Faulconer started as CEO in January, coming from the US Frito-Lay business. The company employs approximately 1600 people, operates in Australia and New Zealand, and
is administered from its head office in Sydney, New South Wales.
16
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
O Pty
1863
12/21
13
LION
REV UP/DOWN
TYPE
REV $M
▼ 3610
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
O Pty
2245
12/21
Lion Pty Ltd is a foreign owned private company that generates its revenue from the production, marketing, and distribution of branded beverages and food products in Australia and New Zealand. Lion was a little quieter this year, after the major acquisitions in 2021 – Bell’s Brewing in the US and Fermentum Group on home soil. It also had a new CEO and managing director start this year, Sam Fischer and David Smith. In August, the brewer announced a proposed $5 million expansion of the XXXX Brewery in Queensland to add large scale production capabilities for hard seltzers and other ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages. The company employs approximately 4721 people and is administered by its head office in Sydney, New South Wales. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan-based food and beverage company, Kirin Holdings Company Limited.
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