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Green's Foods

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AUS
Rating
Some praise, no criticism

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   email   facebook   
  Kin Group Pty Ltd   
   owns 51% of Green's General Foods 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.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Green's General Foods Pty Ltd
Environment Australian Packaging Covenant signatory
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020)
Environment Palm oil free products
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)
Kin Group Pty Ltd
No assessment data currently available for Kin Group Pty Ltd

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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
Email 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


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