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AUSTRALIA’S TOP 100 FOOD & DRINK COMPANIES 2020
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ABBREVIATIONS
83 LINDT REV UP/DOWN
O Overseas
NL Non-listed
P Publicly listed
Pty Proprietary/private C Co-operative ▼ Revenue down ▲ Revenue up 86 BROWN-FORMANAUSTRALIA
REV UP/DOWN
Brown-Forman Australia Pty Ltd is a foreign-owned private company, deriving revenue from the distribution and marketing of spirits and liqueurs. The company employs
approximately 150 people, operates in Australia,
and is administered from its head office in Surry
Hills, New South Wales. The company’s ultimate
parent is the Brown-Forman Corporation, a
United States-based spirit and wine
company. In October, it announced it would
acquire New Zealand-based ready-to-drink
spirits-based producer Part Time Rangers.
G & K O’CONNOR
REV UP/DOWN
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
▲
O Pty
238
Lindt & Sprungli (Australia) Pty Ltd, also known as Lindt, is a foreign-owned private company, deriving revenue from
the import, wholesaling and retailing of confectionery products. The company employs approximately 400 people, operates in Australia, and is administered from
its head office in Marsden Park, New South Wales. Lindt’s ultimate parent is Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG,
based in Switzerland.
VESCO FOODS
REV UP/DOWN
Heat to Eat Holdings Pty Ltd, trading as Vesco Foods, is a locally
owned private company,
which specialises
in frozen ready
meals. Its brands
are: On the Menu,
Super Nature, Lean
Cuisine, Annabel Karmel
and Jarraballi. The company
operates through its Vesco and
Prepared Food Australia divisions, employs
approximately 540 full-time equivalent staff across its operations in Australia, and is headquartered in Osborne Park, Western Australia. Heat to Eat Holdings’ ultimate parent is the Australia- based private equity firm, Catalyst Investment Managers Pty Ltd.
MSF SUGAR
REV UP/DOWN
12/19
235
▼
O Pty
232
04/20
236
84
87
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
▲
Pty
237
06/20
195
TYPE
▲
Pty
232
06/19
214
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
85
G & K O’Connor Pty Ltd is a locally owned private company, deriving revenue from the operation of beef abattoirs and the exportation of meat. The company employs approximately 380 people, operates in Victoria, and is administered from its head office in Pakenham, Victoria.
88 BUNDABERG SUGAR REV UP/DOWN
Finasucre Investments (Australia) Pty Ltd, trading as Bundaberg Sugar, is a foreign-owned private company that derives its revenue from growing, milling, refining, packaging, and marketing sugar and other related products. The company employs about 320 people, operates in Queensland and New South Wales, and is administered from its head office in Bundaberg, Queensland. In October, it announced the closure of its 135-year-old Bingera sugar mill. The company’s ultimate parent is the Belgium-based group Societe Financiere des Sucres SA, a worldwide sugar investor.
89 D’ORSOGNA REV UP/DOWN
D’Orsogna Limited is a locally owned
public company, that derives its
revenue from the manufacturing and
sale of ham, bacon and small goods.
The company employs approximately 610 people, operates in Australia, and is administered from its head office in Palmyra, Western Australia.
PREVIOUS REV $M
298
▼
O Pty
225
03/20
238
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
▼
O Pty
236
12/19
MP Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, trading as MSF Sugar, is a foreign-
owned private company, deriving revenue from the production, processing
and sale of sugar and sugar manufacturing by-products. The group employs approximately 490 people, operates in
Queensland, and is administered from its head office in Gordonvale, Queensland. In August, the Rural
Funds Group announced it would acquire 5409 hectares of MSF Sugar’s farmland, including its
plant and equipment, as well as water entitlements for $81.1 million. MP Australia
Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Sugar Corp Ltd, a Thailand-
based sugar and bio-energy producer.
TYPE
REV $M
PERIOD
PREVIOUS REV $M
▲
NL
222
06/19
195
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