Petersville Australia Limited was an Australian food producer.

History

Petersville was founded in 1961 when Edgell and Peters Ice Cream merged. In May 1981, H.C. Sleigh Co. launched a successful takeover offer and rebranded the company Petersville Sleigh. In 1982, it was taken over by the Adelaide Steamship Company. In October 1991 it was purchased by Pacific Dunlop. Some of the foods it produced or distributed were: ice cream, yogurt,

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, butter and imported cheeses. Its head office (now Nestle Australia's) was in Wellington Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, which was itself known as Petersville. Among its brand names were Peters Ice Cream,

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, Edgell and Birds Eye.Petersville is holding talks
''Canberra Times'' 12 May 1981 page 18 Petersville had dairy production plants at Warragul,

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and Yarragon in Victoria and at Orange, Taree and

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in New South Wales.

References

Adelaide Steamship Company Companies based in Melbourne Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Food and drink companies of Australia 1961 establishments in Australia {{Australia-company-stub