Popina Foods
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Muesli makers
Founded in Melbourne in 1983 by CEO, Arnold May. The largest contract manufacturer of muesli based cereals and snack bars in Australia. Acquired by Freedom Foods in 2015.
Company Ownership
Popina (Vic) Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Freedom Foods Group Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Popina (Vic) Pty Ltd |
AUS | website | ||||
Dietetic and health food products Arrovest / The Perich Group (NSW's biggest dairy producer) owns 52% of the company. Changed its name to Freedom Foods Group Ltd in December 2010. Major exporter to China. | ||||||
Arrovest Pty Ltd ![]() owns 52% of Freedom Foods Group Ltd |
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Investment company Arrovest is a privately-owned family investment company, whose board consists solely of the Perich family. BRW estimates (Tony) Perich's wealth at $637 million. As well as owning most of Freedom Foods Group, the Perich family also have interests in the dairy and motorsports industries. |
Company Assessment
PRAISE | CRITICISM | INFORMATION | ||
Popina (Vic) Pty Ltd | ||||
No assessment data currently available for Popina (Vic) Pty Ltd | ||||
Freedom Foods Group Ltd | ||||
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020) |
In 2019 Freedom Foods was accused of underpaying, exploiting migrant workers in Shepparton dairy. The National Union of Workers (NUW) claims that migrant workers employed by Freedom Foods are performing tasks not covered under the skilled worker visa scheme, and are being severely underpaid.
Source: ABC News (2019)
This company manufactures or distributes products that are certified organic under the Australian Certified Organic label.
Source: ACO (2018)
Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's products are palm oil free, or 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)
This company has products that have been verified as compliant with the Non-GMO Project Standard, North America's only independent verification for products made according to best practices for GMO avoidance.
Source: Non-GMO Project (2016)
This company is a signatory to the Manufacturers and Importers Agreement 1992 (MAIF), a voluntary self-regulatory code of conduct between the manufacturers and importers of infant formula in Australia. The MAIF Agreement aims to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate nutrition for infants, by the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and by ensuring the proper use of breast milk substitutes, when they are necessary, on the basis of adequate information through appropriate marketing and distribution.
Source: Australian Government Dept of Health (2019)
Monkeys in Thailand are kept chained, trained using abusive methods, and forced to climb trees to pick coconuts used for coconut milk, oil, and other products. This company has policies of sourcing from farms where no monkey labour is used.
Source: PETA Asia (2020)
China's biggest private agricultural company, New Hope, will invest up to $500 million in Australian dairy farms and processing plants as part of a deal with Freedom Foods in what could be the first of many deals fuelled by the China-Australia free-trade agreement.
Source: news article (2014)
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: ATO (2018) |
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Arrovest Pty Ltd | ||||
According to the democracyforsale.net website, this company donated $62,700 to Australia's major political parties between 2012 and 2018, as disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commision (AEC).
Source: Democracy For Sale (2018) |
Company Details
Type | Family-owned private company |
Employees | 100 in 2015 |
Aus Manufacturing | Yes |
Contact Details
Address | 73 Monash Drive, Dandenong South, VIC, 3175, Australia |
Phone | 03 8795 8900 |
reception@popina.com.au | |
Website | www.popina.com.au |