Goodman Fielder is a joint Hong Kong/Singapore-owned

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of bread, small goods, dairy products, margarine,

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, dressings and various food

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. Its main operations are in

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, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia, with over 40 manufacturing sites. The company employs over 5,000 people, and has more than 120 brands.

History

The company was founded in 1986 after the merger of Allied Mills Ltd and Goodman Group Ltd. Since the merger in 1986, the company has purchased a further 13 companies. The company was taken over by

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in 2003. Goodman Fielder was relisted on the sharemarket at the end of 2005 with

retaining a 20% share (this share was subsequently sold in 2007). As part of the IPO, New Zealand Dairy Foods brands Meadowfresh, Tararua, Kiwi, Huttons, Anchor Cheese (under licence), Top Hat and Puhoi cheese became part of Goodman Fielder. The

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snack food businesses of the "original" Goodman Fielder were not included in the float, the former being sold to Nestle and the latter to PepsiCo. Chris Delaney was Goodman Fielder's CEO from 4 July 2011, he is the former Asia Pacific President of Campbell Soup Company. He resigned following a takeover of the company by

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in March 2015 for $1.3 billion Australian dollars. In March 2015, Goodmans Fielder was acquired for $1.3 billion by new conglomerate,

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, in a joint-venture to effectively manage and enhance import/export logistics internationally. Goodman Fielder's CEO is Scott Weitemeyer.

Brands

The company's brands include: * Cornwell's * Country Life Bakery * Cow and Gate * Crisco * Ernest Adams – a New Zealand bakery brand and part of the Goodman Fielder group of companies, its products include cakes, desserts, loaves, biscuits, meringues, cakes, sponges, puddings and tarts. The company was originally called Adams Bruce Limited, with

Ernest Alfred Adams Ernest Alfred Adams (23 November 1892 – 29 August 1976) was a New Zealand baker, businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded Ernest Adams Limited. Biography Born in Wellington, Somerset, England, Adams was educated at Devon County S ...

in partnership with Christchurch baker Hugh Bruce. The company grew rapidly, with bakeries in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin by the time of Bruce's retirement in 1929. Following Bruce's retirement, the company was split, with Adams Bruce operating in the North Island and a new company, Ernest Adams Ltd., taking over the South Island arm of the business. Despite his official retirement, Bruce continued to work for the company as manager of the Christchurch factory until his death in 1939. In 2022 the Ernest Adams brand of baked goods was discontinued.
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* ETA * Freya's Continental Style Bread * Gold'n Canola * Helga's Continental Bakehouse * Irvines * La Famiglia
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Meadow Fresh Meadow Fresh is a New Zealand dairy brand. It is owned by Goodman Fielder. The modern brand came into being as the result of a brand swap in September 2005 between Dairy Foods, owned by Graeme Hart, and New Zealand Milk, owned by Fonterra. The ...

* MeadowLea * Mighty Soft
Molenberg
* Mother's Choice
Nature's Fresh
* Olivani * Olive Grove * Paradise
Pampas
* Praise
Puhoi Valley Cheese
* Quality Bakers – a New Zealand brand of bread products, it is a subsidiary of Goodman Fielder and has bakeries throughout Australia and New Zealand. * Tararua * Vogel's – a bread based on a recipe by

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