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AUSTRALIA’S TOP 100 FOOD & DRINK COMPANIES 2019
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ABBREVIATIONS O Overseas NL Non-listed 11 GEORGEWESTONFOODS
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P Publicly listed
Pty Proprietary/private C Co-operative ▼ Revenue down ▲ Revenue up 14 LACTALISAUSTRALIA
REV UP/DOWN
Lactalis Australia (formerly known as Parmalat Australia) 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 employs approximately 2250 people and is administered by
its head office in South Brisbane. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lactalis Group, the world’s largest fresh dairy company with over
250 production sites and 80,000 employees across 94 countries. 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.
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O Pty
George Weston Foods dropped out of the Top 10 this year. It generates its revenue from milling, manufacturing, processing and distributing food products such as bread and smallgoods and its brands include Tip Top, Abbotts Village Bakery, Burgen, Golden, Don, KR
Castlemaine and Watsonia. George Weston Foods is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Associated British Foods, with 58 sites
across Australia and New Zealand,
employing 6310 people. It produces 7.8 million loaves of bread and 338,000 cakes a week. It converts more than one million tonnes of grain and commodities a year to flour and animal feed.
GOODMAN FIELDER
REV UP/DOWN
ASAHI HOLDINGS
REV UP/DOWN
Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan-based Asahi Group Holdings (AGH), a brewery and soft drink concern. It manufactures and distributes
soft drinks, bottled water, fruit juice, cordial, beer
and ready to drink alcoholic beverages including
Asahi Lifestyle Beverages (formerly known as Schweppes Australia), Asahi Premium Beverages,
Asahi Beverages NZ (formerly Independent Liquor) and The Better Drinks Co. It employs around 2100 people. In July, AGH announced it was buying Carlton & United Breweries from Anheuser-Busch InBev for $16 billion.
16 WRIGLEYAUSTRALIA REV UP/DOWN
Wrigley Uno 2 Australia, trading as Wrigley Australia, is a foreign owned private company that manufactures and distributes confectionery products. It is wholly owned by US-based Mars Incorporated and has 17 iconic confectionery brands that it distributes including Extra chewing gum, Maltesers, M&Ms, Mars, Skittles and Eclipse. The company has announced a seven-year partnership with Toll Group and Charter Hall to construct and manage a state-of-the-art, 49,000 pallet-capacity warehouse in west Melbourne. The deal will see all of Mars Wrigley’s products stored under the one roof.
BAIADA POULTRY
REV UP/DOWN
2255
08/18
2218
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O Pty
1868
12/18
1849
15
TYPE
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PERIOD
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O Pty
1852
12/18
1713
12
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O Pty
2214
12/18
2121
Goodman Fielder fell two spots this year to number 12 even though profits have grown. The company, which employs 5160
people, operates in Australia, Asia and
the Pacific Islands, manufactures
bread, milk, margarine and other
grocery categories. The company
was a wholly owned subsidiary
of FPW Singapore Holdings, a
Singapore-basedholding
company joint venture between
Hong Kong-based investment firm
First Pacific Company and Singapore-based
edible oils company, Wilmar International. In March, First Pacific agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in the company to Wilmar for US$180 million and its shareholder loans for another US$120 million, using the proceeds to reduce debt and buy back stock.
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PFD FOOD SERVICES
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PREVIOUS REV $M
1958
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O Pty
1710
12/18
1758
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2007
06/19
PFD Food Services is Australia’s largest privately- owned food services company. It distributes food and related consumables foodservice outlets
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nationally. It has around 2810 employees and 70 warehouses. In March, it announced a
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partnership with AI software company Complexica. PFD will use Complexica’s Touchless CRM, Customer Opportunity Profiler (COP) and Order Management System (OMS) using its AI engine to streamline its complex supply chain.
Baiada Poultry is an Australian-owned, private company that produces poultry products. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian-based Baiada Pty Ltd. The company employs approximately 4280 staff, and is administered from its head office in Girraween, New South Wales. Its brands include Steggles and Lilydale.
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Pty
1686
06/19
1627