About
Legal name: Goodman Fielder Limited
Trading name: Goodman Fielder (it also trades under other subsidiary names)
Goodman Fielder is one of the largest listed food companies in Australasia. The company owns many well known brands that consumers/shoppers in Australia, New Zealanders and the Pacific have included in their shopping baskets for decades. Some of the company’s best-known brands include: Mighty Soft, White Wings, Pampas, Meadow Lea, Edmonds, Flame, Crest and Helga’s. Goodman Fielder’s headquarters is located in Sydney, Australia and the company has over 6000 employees throughout Australasia and the Pacific Islands.
As a food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder operates within the secondary sector of the economy. It has almost 50 bakeries and manufacturing plants where bread and other products are made and milk is processed. It produces bread daily from bakeries located across Australia and New Zealand, as well as other baked goods and grocery products from plants in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia. In New Zealand, Goodman Fielder is also part of the tertiary sector as it sells some of its products directly to the public through a café and retail cheese store in Puhoi. Goodman Fielder distributes its products to major supermarkets, independent supermarkets, petrol stations and convenience stores. It supplies companies within the hospitality industry which operate hotels, restaurants and cafes and also supplies bulk quantities of flour, edible fats and oils and stockfeed to other food manufacturers and wholesalers. Most of the company’s products are sold through major retailers such as Woolworths, Coles, Food Stuffs (NZ) and Metcash (IGA).
Goodman Fielder is a public company that is listed on the ASX and NZX. Currently approximately 1.96 billion shares have been issued by the company. These shares are owned by more than 20 000 shareholders, most with addresses in Australia and New Zealand. Over 85% of the shares are held by 20 registered shareholders.
As a public company, Goodman Fielder must prepare an Annual Report and hold an Annual General Meeting for shareholders. Because Goodman Fielder is a listed company it has additional rules it must follow, which includes increased reporting obligations. (For example, the company must include certain additional information in its Annual Report and must ensure that significant information that meets specified criteria is immediately disclosed.) Goodman Fielder must make sure that it complies with the listing rules of the ASX and NZX or the company and its directors could be held liable.
Trading name: Goodman Fielder (it also trades under other subsidiary names)
Goodman Fielder is one of the largest listed food companies in Australasia. The company owns many well known brands that consumers/shoppers in Australia, New Zealanders and the Pacific have included in their shopping baskets for decades. Some of the company’s best-known brands include: Mighty Soft, White Wings, Pampas, Meadow Lea, Edmonds, Flame, Crest and Helga’s. Goodman Fielder’s headquarters is located in Sydney, Australia and the company has over 6000 employees throughout Australasia and the Pacific Islands.
As a food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder operates within the secondary sector of the economy. It has almost 50 bakeries and manufacturing plants where bread and other products are made and milk is processed. It produces bread daily from bakeries located across Australia and New Zealand, as well as other baked goods and grocery products from plants in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia. In New Zealand, Goodman Fielder is also part of the tertiary sector as it sells some of its products directly to the public through a café and retail cheese store in Puhoi. Goodman Fielder distributes its products to major supermarkets, independent supermarkets, petrol stations and convenience stores. It supplies companies within the hospitality industry which operate hotels, restaurants and cafes and also supplies bulk quantities of flour, edible fats and oils and stockfeed to other food manufacturers and wholesalers. Most of the company’s products are sold through major retailers such as Woolworths, Coles, Food Stuffs (NZ) and Metcash (IGA).
Goodman Fielder is a public company that is listed on the ASX and NZX. Currently approximately 1.96 billion shares have been issued by the company. These shares are owned by more than 20 000 shareholders, most with addresses in Australia and New Zealand. Over 85% of the shares are held by 20 registered shareholders.
As a public company, Goodman Fielder must prepare an Annual Report and hold an Annual General Meeting for shareholders. Because Goodman Fielder is a listed company it has additional rules it must follow, which includes increased reporting obligations. (For example, the company must include certain additional information in its Annual Report and must ensure that significant information that meets specified criteria is immediately disclosed.) Goodman Fielder must make sure that it complies with the listing rules of the ASX and NZX or the company and its directors could be held liable.