Menora Foods

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Menora owns the brands Wattle Valley and Peckish, and markets and distributes Bonne Maman, Maille, Chobani, Huon, Cobram Estate, Pitango, Kez's Kitchen, Saxbys, Griffiths Coffee, La Casa Del Formaggio and Philips Lighting. Acquired by Filipino company Monde Nissin in 2015, who also bought dip brand Black Swan in 2014 and juice brand Nudie in 2105.

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Menora Foods Pty Ltd	AUS	website	email
Monde Nissin (Australia) Pty Ltd       owns 100% of Menora Foods Pty Ltd	AUS	website	email
Food manufacturer Acquired Australian dip manufacturer Black Swan in 2014, juice maker Nudie in Feb 2015, dip maker Menora Foods in Mar 2015, and international meat-substitute firm Quorn Foods in Oct 2015.
Monde Nissin Corporation           owns 100% of Monde Nissin (Australia) Pty Ltd	PHL	website
Food company Founded by Betty Ang in the Philippines in 1980. One of the Philippines top 100 companies. The company holds around 60% of the Filipino instant noodles market, and 30% of the biscuits market. Acquired Australian dip manufacturer Black Swan in 2014, juice maker Nudie in Feb 2015, dip maker Menora Foods in Mar 2015, and international meat-substitute firm Quorn Foods in Oct 2015.

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PRAISE	CRITICISM	INFORMATION
Menora Foods Pty Ltd
		Adulterated oregano In April 2016 Choice tested oregano samples from 12 brands and found that only 5 were 100% oregano. The other seven, including Menora, contained between 50% and 90% ingredients other than oregano, such as olive leaves. Choice referred the matter to the ACCC. As a result this company has agreed to only use 100% oregano. (http://bit.ly/2fzEvUe) [Source 2016][More on Irresponsible Marketing]
Monde Nissin (Australia) Pty Ltd
Australian Packaging Covenant signatory Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation. [Source 2020][More on Packaging]		No tax paid in 2016/7 According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Dec 2018, this company was one of 2,159 local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2016-17. 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 2018][More on Finance]
Monde Nissin Corporation
	Unsustainable palm oil use This company scores Ethical Consumer's worst rating for their use of palm oil, signifying they are using no or minimal certified palm products, and with no or minimal positive commitments. [Source 2019][More on Palm Oil]	Labour dispute in the Philippines In 2018 members of Monde Nissin Labor Association built a protest camp outside one of this company's manufacturing plants in the Philippines, demanding the regularization of employees and reinstatement of dismissed workers. [Source 2018][More on Workers Rights] Responsibility claims This company has a number of responsibility claims on its website in the areas of calamity response, zero wastewater discharge, waste management, energy recycling and pollution control. [Source 2016][More on Sustainability Reporting]

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Philippines' Monde Nissin acquires Black Swan, Nudie and Menora Foods
16th Mar 2015 — Australian food companies Nudie, Black Swan and Menora Foods are all now owned by Philippines food company Monde Nissin after the company acquired family-owned dip and cracker company Menora Foods in March 2015 for around $55 million, a month after buying Nudie Juices for around $80 million and less than a year after buying dip maker Black Swan for about $115 million.  [source]