Goodman Fielder is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor

Distributor

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 of bread

Bread

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, small goods, dairy product

Dairy product

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s, margarine

Margarine

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, oil

Oil

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, dressings and various food ingredients. Its main operations are in New Zealand

New Zealand

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 and Australia

Australia

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. The company has an annual turnover of over $2 billion.
As of 2005, the company had 28 major brands, with over 1,000 lines in 23 markets.

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 Burns Philp

Burns Philp

Burns Philp was once a major player in the food manufacturing business. Since its delisting from the Australian Stock Exchange in December 2006 and the subsequent sale of its assets, the company has mainly become a cashed up shell company...

 in 2003.

Goodman Fielder was relisted on the sharemarket at the end of 2005 with Burns Philip company 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 Uncle Tobys

Uncle Tobys

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 and Bluebird

Bluebird Foods Ltd

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 snack food businesses of the "original" Goodman Fielder were not included in the float, the former being sold to Nestle

Nestlé

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 and the latter to Pepsico

PepsiCo

PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...

.

Goodman Fielder's current CEO is Chris Delaney (effective 4 July 2011), former Asia Pacific President of Campbell Soup Company.

Products

The company's brands include:

• Cornwell's
• Edmonds
• Quality Bakers
  Quality Bakers
  Quality Bakers is a New Zealand brand of bread products. Quality Bakers forms part of the Goodman Fielder food company and has bakeries throughout Australia and New Zealand...
  
  
• Champion
• Irvines
• Meadow Lea
  Meadow Lea
  Meadow Lea is one of Australia's leading brands of polyunsaturated margarine spreads, founded in Sydney by 1932 and owned since 1986 by the Australasian food public company Goodman Fielder.-History:...
  
  
• Olivani
• Diamond
• White Wings
• Praise
• Ernest Adams
  Ernest Adams (bakery)
  Ernest Adams is a New Zealand bakery brand, part of the Goodman Fielder group of companies.The company was established by Ernest Adams, an English-born baker, in the 1920s. His father, Herbert Adams, was the founder of a large Australian-based food company....
  
  
• Top Hat
• Tararua
• Meadow Fresh
• Puhoi Cheese
• Kiwi Meats
• Huttons
• Holbrooks
• Leaning Tower
• La Famiglia

The company also exports many of its products to over 30 countries. Goodman Fielder has four divisions, Home Ingredients, Baking, Dairy and Commercial Fats & Oils.