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Mr. Whippy New Zealand
Mr. Whippy New Zealand is a franchise of ice-cream vendors operating in New Zealand. History The original Mr. Whippy in the United Kingdom franchised internationally to New Zealand, sending 24 vans over in the 1960s. As of present day, in New Zealand, there are around 36 Mr.Whippy franchisees operating 58 vans. General Foods Limited (subsequently Tip Top (ice cream), Tip Top) acquired the master rights for New Zealand in the early 1980s. The Isuzu Elf became the standard Mr Whippy van and an orange and white colour scheme replaced the original pink and white. In early 2000, Tip Top sold the master franchise to Peter Woodhams, the Waikato Mr Whippy franchisee, who in turn sold the master franchise to Flying Kiwi Holdings (a business owned and run by Nick Cairns, Scot and Geliana Graham) in 2006. The Mr Whippy vans became modernised, using Ford Transit and Fiat Ducato models, various Fuso variants and Tatua Dairy Company, Tatua replaced Fonterra, Fonterra Brands NZ as the provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatua Dairy Company
The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd, trading as Tatua, is an independent co-operative dairy company in the Matamata-Piako District of the Waikato Region, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located in the rural locality of Tatuanui, approximately 8 kilometres east of Morrinsville Morrinsville is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, with an estimated population of as of The town is located at the northern base of the Pakaroa Range, and on the south-western fringe of the Hauraki Plains .... The co-operative is owned by 106 shareholder farms, all located within a 12 kilometre radius of the processing factory. Independence The co-operative has maintained a strong independent history within the New Zealand dairy industry. In the 2001 mega-merger for the New Zealand dairy industry - which formed Fonterra - Tatua shareholders decided to remain independent. Given that New Zealand had over 500 dairy co-operatives in the 1930s, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |