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AUSTRALIA’S TOP 100 FOOD & DRINK COMPANIES 2021
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GOODMAN FIELDER
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Court of Australia dismissed Kraft Heinz’s application to appeal and ruled the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia’s ruling that Bega had the right to use the current packaging on its peanut butter products. Bega peanut butters hold more than 80 per cent share of the total core peanut butter market. The company is headquartered in Bega, New South Wales and employs around 4100 people. Bega Cheese Limited is listed on the ASX under the code BGA.
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Goodman Fielder Pty Ltd is a foreign-owned private company, deriving revenue from manufacturing, marketing and distributing food, beverages and related products in bread, milk, margarine and other grocery categories. Its brands include Helga’s, Praise, White Wings, CSR, Pampas, MeadowLea, Plantry, Buttercup, Holbrooks, Olive Grove, and Crisco. This year, the company announced major sustainability targets aligned to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and reached its 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025 target four years early. The company employs approximately 5000 people, operates in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and is administered from its head office in Macquarie Park, New South Wales. Goodman Fielder Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilmar GF Singapore Holdings PTE LTD, a Singapore-based holding company controlled by Wilmar International Limited..
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THOMAS FOODS INTERNATIONAL
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2039
06/20
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GEORGE WESTON FOODS
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Thomas Foods International Consolidated Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned, private company that generates its revenue from the commercial activities of livestock trading, meat processing and meat wholesaling. The company supplies a range of meat products for both domestic and overseas markets. Thomas Foods International employs approximately 1800 staff and is headquartered in Dulwich, South Australia.
15 LACTALISAUSTRALIA REV UP/DOWN
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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. 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 more than 2100 people and is administered from its head office in South Brisbane. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French- based BSA S.A, a processor of dairy products.
PEPSICO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
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2352
08/20
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.
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1992
12/20
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BEGA CHEESE
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Bega Cheese is a locally owned publicly listed company that generates its revenue from the processing and manufacturing of dairy and other food related products, which it distributes across Australia and exports to over 40 countries. Bega’s $560 million acquisition of Lion Dairy & Drinks was completed in January, resulting in a 38 per cent earnings jump in FY21, doubling the size of the company in annualised revenue (around $3 billion) and staff (more than 4000). Its stable grew to include milk-based beverages, yoghurt, juices,
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2179
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cream, custard, and white milk and saw operations grow from eight manufacturing sites to 20 across six states and one territory. Two longstanding court cases were also finalised in its favour. The Victorian Supreme Court ruled Bega could use the Bega trademark on products outside the scope of the licence Fonterra has for Bega branded cheese and butter products. The High
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. 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. In April, it opened a $18 million high-capacity baked potato line at its Smith’s factory in South Australia to produce better-for-you snacking products. PepsiCo was also the first large food FMCG business in Australia to move to 100 per cent recyclable packaging across its entire snacks range. The company employs approximately 1600 people, operates in Australia and New Zealand, and is administered from its head office in Sydney, New South Wales. PepsiCo ANZ Holdings Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc., a US-based snack and beverage manufacturer.
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