Jensens Choice Foods
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Wet spices, mustard, organic sauces and cookie dough makers
Founded in 1984 by Stig and Kate Jensen. Acquired by UK's Baxters in Feb 2013.
Company Ownership
Jensens Choice Foods Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Baxters Foods Australia Pty Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Jensens Choice Foods Pty Ltd |
AUS | website | ||||
Food importer and manufacturer Baxters Foods Australia was established in 2006 supplying soup, chutney, condiment and pickled vegetables to the retail trade under Baxters brand. Bought Sole Mio in April 2008, makers of marinated, chargrilled vegetables and pesto sauces under the Bamboleo brand. Acquired Jensens in Feb 2013. | ||||||
Baxters Food Group Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Baxters Foods Australia Pty Ltd |
UK | website | ||||
Food manufacturing, especially soup Founded in Scotland in 1868 by George Baxter. Today the company is still family owned and operated. |
Company Assessment
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Jensens Choice Foods Pty Ltd | ||||
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Baxters Foods Australia Pty Ltd | ||||
This company manufactures or distributes products that are certified organic under the Australian Certified Organic label.
Source: ACO (2022)
This company was a signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation. However in 2018 they elected to withdraw from the Covenant and report directly to state jurisdictions under the National Environment Protection (Used Packaging Materials) Measure 2011 (NEPM).
Source: APCO (2023) |
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Baxters Food Group Ltd | ||||
In 2016 this company was fined 70,000 pounds after admitting to serious health and safety failings had caused a worker's hand to become mutilated in a pie machine. Baxters was also fined 60,000 pounds for another accident at its Fobachers site in October 2015.
Source: news article (2016)
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 (2023) |
Company Details
Type | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Aus Manufacturing | Yes |
Contact Details
Address | 39-47 Stafford St, Huntingdale, VIC, 3166, Australia |
Phone | 03 9545 5833 |
jcf@jensens.com.au | |
Website | www.jensens.com.au |