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AUSTRALIA’S TOP 100 FOOD & DRINK COMPANIES 2021
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ABBREVIATIONS O Overseas
17 BAIADAPOULTRY REV UP/DOWN
NL Non-listed
P Publicly listed
1760
Pty Proprietary/private C Co-operative ▼ Sales down ▲ Sales up
20 THEA2MILKCOMPANY REV UP/DOWN
▲ 1221
The a2 Milk Company Limited is a New Zealand public company, deriving revenue from the commercialisation of A1 protein free branded milk and related products. In October, Slater and Gordon filed a class action against the company on behalf of investors who bought shares over the nine-month period from 19 August 2020 to 9 May 2021. The action claims a2 Milk breached the Corporations Act and continuous disclosure rules by posting four profit downgrades in FY21. In July, a2 Milk restructured its Asia Pacific business into three business units – China domestic business, International export business, and ANZ domestic business. The company employs approximately 320 people and operates in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, the UK and the US. It is administered from its registered offices in Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, New South Wales. The company is listed on both the NZX and ASX, under the code ATM and A2M respectively.
21 MONDELEZAUSTRALIA REV UP/DOWN
▲ 1515
Mondelez Australia Holdings Pty Ltd is a foreign-owned private company, deriving revenue from the manufacture, marketing and distribution of food products. Its brands are belVita, Cadbury, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Captain’s Table, Oreo, Pascall, Philadelphia, Premium, Ritz, Sour Patch Kids and The Natural Confectionery Co. In March, Mondelez bought the Australian premium cracker business Gourmet Food Holdings for reportedly more than $400 million. The company was a founding signatory for the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to create a circular economy for plastics, and the Australian Food Pact, a voluntary program to combat Australia’s food waste crisis. In September, it announced Cadbury wrappers would have 30 per cent recycled content. The company employs approximately 3000 people, operates in Australia and New Zealand, and is administered from its head office in Melbourne, Victoria. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mondelez International Inc.
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TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
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TYPE
REV $M
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PREVIOUS REV $M
Pty
1806
06/21
OP
1625
06/20
18
WILMAR SUGAR
REV UP/DOWN
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Baiada Poultry is an Australian- owned, private company that produces poultry products. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian-based Baiada Pty Ltd and is administered from its head office in Girraween, New South Wales. Baiada brands include Steggles and Lilydale.
1640
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
ONL
1791
12/20
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. 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 employs approximately 2300 people, operates in Australia, and is administered from its head office in Brisbane, Queensland. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilmar International, a Singapore-based agribusiness company.
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
O Pty
1585
12/20
19 MARSWRIGLEY REV UP/DOWN
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Wrigley Uno 2 Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Wrigley Australia,
is a foreign-owned
private company that manufactures and
1587
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
O Pty
1662
01/21
22
MANILDRA GROUP
REV UP/DOWN
▲ 1548
distributes
confectionery
products including
Extra chewing gum,
Maltesers, M&Ms, Mars, Skittles
and Eclipse. Wrigley Australia employs
approximately 1700 people and has operations in
Australia and Papua New Guinea. In September, it announced
a $30 million upgrade on its Ballarat plant to allow more
variants on existing lines and a new Maltesers packaging line to meet export demands. The commitment builds on its earlier outlay for equipment to manufacture M&Ms Pretzels here locally, rather than importing the product. The company has invested around $65 million in the Ballarat facility in the last decade. The company is administered from its head office in Padstow, New South Wales. Wrigley Australia is wholly owned by US-based Mars Incorporated.
Manildra Milling Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned private company that derives its revenue from the production and supply of wheat and wheat-related products for commercial and industrial purposes in the domestic and export markets. Consumer brands are The Healthy Baker, Lo-Fo Pantry, Sunshine Sugar and Auzure Canola Oil. Manildra Milling is the largest manufacturer of packaged retail wheat flours in the Australian grocery market. The company worked with Coles for the past two years to develop a bread flour that had 25 per cent less sodium and would stay softer for longer for
Coles in-store bakery products. The company employs approximately 1100 full-time equivalent
employees and is
administered from its
head office in Sydney, New South Wales.
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
Pty
1574
06/21
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