Green's Foods
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Baking mixes, cereals & snacks
The company has changed hands a number of times since being acquired by Nestle in 2007. Currently majority owned by Kin Group. All Green's products are made in Australia from predominantly local ingredients.
Company Ownership
Green's General Foods Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Kinrise Pty Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Green's General Foods Pty Ltd |
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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 |
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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. Kin Group also own stakes in Remedy Kombucha and Pact Group. |
Company Assessment
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Green's General Foods Pty Ltd | ||||
This company received a packaging performance level of 3 (Advanced) 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) |
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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Kinrise Pty Ltd | ||||
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) |
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Kin Group Pty Ltd | ||||
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) |
Company Details
Type | Private company |
Founded | 1978 |
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. Modern Baking Pty Ltd ![]() Biscuit manufacturer Founded in the 1950's as Universal Biscuits, later known as Unibic. Its three factories were consolidated into one in 2007. Renamed Modern Baking in 2012 when Asia Pac invested in the company. Now part of Kinrise. 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 |
Freecall | 1800 803 605 |
consumerrelations@greens.com.au | |
Website | www.greensbaking.com.au |