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Pet food
Manufacturing occurs in NSW. Acquired by The Real Pet Food Company in 2018.
Company Ownership
Vet's Best Products Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Real Pet Food Company Pty ltd ![]() owns 100% of Vet's Best Products Pty Ltd |
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Pet food manufacturer Formerly VIP Petfoods, Sydney-based private equity firm Quadrant renamed the company The Real Pet Food Company after acquiring the business from the Quinn family for $410 million in 2015. The Quinn family retained a minor stake and still run the company. Produces 150,000 tonnes of pet food each year. Acquired Nature's Gift in 2015, Ivory Coat in 2017 and Love 'Em in 2018. Quadrant sold its stake in late 2017 for $1bn to a Chinese consortium made up of Hosen Capital, New Hope Group and Temasek. | ||||||
Hosen Consortium ![]() owns 85% of Real Pet Food Company Pty ltd |
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Consortium In 2017 an Asian consortium made up of Hosen Capital, New Hope Group and Temasek bought a majority stake in Real Pet Food Company. Hosen Capital is a Beijing-based private equity firm, Temasek is a large state owned investment company from Singapore, and New Hope Group is China's largest agricultural conglomerate. | ||||||
Quinn Foods Pty Ltd ![]() owns 15% of Real Pet Food Company Pty ltd |
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Pet food and confectionery manufacturer Owned by the Quinn family, who previously owned VIP Petfoods and Darrell Lea before selling them both to Quadrant Private Equity in 2015 and 2018 respectively. The Quinns also own a string of businesses in Australia and New Zealand, including motor racing complexes. |
Company Assessment
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Vet's Best Products Pty Ltd | ||||
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Real Pet Food Company Pty ltd | ||||
This company received a packaging performance level of 4 (Leading) in its 2023 APCO Annual Report. Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is a not-for-profit organisation leading the development of a circular economy for packaging in Australia. Each year, APCO Members are required to submit an APCO Annual Report and Action Plan, which includes an overall performance level from 1 (Getting Started) to 5 (Beyond Best Practice).
Source: APCO (2023) |
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: company website (2022)
This company uses kangaroo meat in some of its pet food products.
Source: Australian Society for Kangaroos (2011) |
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This company is part owned by China's largest agricultural conglomerate, New Hope Group, which has criticisms in the Shop Ethical database.
Source: Shop Ethical (2021)
This company is part owned by Singaporean state-owned enterprise, Temasek, which has criticisms in the Shop Ethical database.
Source: Shop Ethical (2021) |
Company Details
Type | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Contact Details
Address | 46 Somersby Falls Rd, Somersby, NSW, 2250, Australia |
Phone | 02 4340 2566 |
info@love-em.com.au | |
Website | www.love-em.com.au |