Green's Foods
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Baking mixes, cereals & snacks
Acquired by Nestle Australia in 2007, who promptly kept the Supercoat petfood business and sold off the rest of the business to private equity firms Guinness Peat Group and CVC. In Nov 2012, Green's was sold to a management led consortium. Acquired Paradise Foods and Waterthins in 2013. All Green's products are made in Australia from predominantly local ingredients.
Company Ownership
Green's General Foods Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Kin Group Pty Ltd ![]() owns 51% of Green's General Foods Pty Ltd |
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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. |
Company Assessment
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Green's General Foods Pty Ltd | ||||
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020) |
Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's cereal products contain segregated certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO). 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) |
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Kin Group Pty Ltd | ||||
No assessment data currently available for Kin Group Pty Ltd |
Company Details
Type | Private company |
Aus Manufacturing | Yes |
Subsidiaries | Lowan Australia Ltd ![]() Whole food producers Lowan commenced operations in 1974 from a small factory in Nhill, Western Victoria. The company has grown to include a manufacturing facility in Picton, southwest of Sydney. Together the two sites employ 180 people. Green's Foods Ltd made an offmarket taker offer for Lowan Australia on 2 Mar 2005. Paradise Food Industries Pty Ltd ![]() Biscuit and snack products manufacturer The largest Australian-owned biscuit manufacturer, they also make the entire Dick Smith range of biscuits. In 2008 Paradise was bought by Goodman Fielder for about $80 million, who then sold the company to Green's Foods for $17 million in Dec 2013. Philemon Pty Ltd ![]() Baked goods maker Founded in 1998. Bought by Green's General Foods in Feb 2013 after being placed into receivership in late 2012. |
Contact Details
Address | 29 Glendenning Rd, Glendenning, NSW, 2761, Australia |
Phone | 02 9830 9999 |
Fax | 02 9832 0498 |
Freecall | 1800 803 605 |
consumerrelations@greens.com.au | |
Website | www.greens.com.au |
Products / Brands
Green's Foods
Adriano Zumbo Cake Mix Basco Cake Mix Basco Health Foods Cottage Biscuits/Crackers Green's Cake Mix Green's Gravy Green's Biscuits/Crackers Green's Topping & Syrup Green's Pudding & Custard Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs Popcorn Lowan Health Foods |
Lowan Cereal Lowan Muesli & Oats Lowan Yeast & Baking Agents Paradise Biscuits/Crackers Poppin Popcorn Roccas Deli Biscuits/Crackers Seven Sundays Muesli & Oats The Little Brownie Co Cake Mix Veri Deli Biscuits/Crackers Waterthins Biscuits/Crackers |