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Cobs Fine Foods

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Snack food makers

Founded in 2004 by husband and wife team John and Ravit Walys. After almost 14 years developing the Cobs brand, John and Ravit sold their business in 2017 to a newly formed Australian owned food group, Kin Group.

Company Ownership

Cobs Fine Foods Pty Ltd   AUS     website   email      
  Kinrise Pty Ltd   
   owns 100% of Cobs Fine Foods Pty Ltd  
AUS     website   email      

Packaged foods

In 2018 billionaire couple Raphael and Fiona Geminder combined all the family-owned Australian food businesses they had recently acquired (Green's Foods, Cobs Popcorn, Susan Day Cakes, Big Sister Foods and Ozpack) to form Kinrise. Their products are primarily made in Australia, covering Breakfast, Baking, Bakery, Biscuits and Snacks.

      Kin Group Pty Ltd   
       owns 100% of Kinrise Pty Ltd  
AUS     website   email      

Investment company

Controlled by billionaire Raphael Geminder. In 2017 Geminder acquired Cobs Popcorn, 43.5% of Green's Foods, and The Cake Syndicate, owner of packaged cake manufacturer Susan Day Cakes and Big Sister Foods. Kin Group also own stakes in Remedy Kombucha and Pact Group.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Cobs Fine Foods Pty Ltd
Environment Organic products
Company retails, manufactures or distributes products that are certified organic under the Australian Certified Organic label.
Source: ACO (2022)
Environment Palm oil free products
Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's snack food products are palm oil free. For more details, follow the link to see Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia's list of products which manufacturers have told them are palm oil free or contain segregated certified sustainable palm oil.
Source: BOS Australia (2020)
Kinrise Pty Ltd
Environment Palm oil free products
Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's products are palm oil free. For more details, follow the link to see Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia's list of products which manufacturers have told them are palm oil free or contain segregated certified sustainable palm oil.
Source: BOS Australia (2020)
Kin Group Pty Ltd
Business Ethics No tax paid in 2019-20
According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Jan 2022, this company was one of many local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2019-20. Please note however that companies pay income tax on profits, not revenue (total income). While some companies use tax havens and loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of tax in Australia, other companies that paid no tax have perfectly legitimate reasons.
Source: ATO (2022)

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Company Details

Type Private company

Contact Details

Address 50 Jayco Drive, Dandenong South, VIC, 3175, Australia
Phone 03 8768 8700
Website www.cobspopcorn.com.au

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