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National Foods Ltd.

(NFD) is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.1B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Dairy Producer

CEO & Managing Director
Ashley Waugh
Number of Employees 3,500
Contact Information

Pura House 5 Queens Road

Melbourne

NAICS Code Fluid Milk Manufacturing: 311511

Recent Events

  • Kirin buy a long-term strategy

    10/18/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Kirin keeps all on board at Lion

    10/18/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

national foods ltd. - All News and Analysis

  • Consumers warned of big price rises for groceries.

    - 2007-07-16

    Jul 16, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Food groups have warned Australians to be prepared for higher food costs. They note that farmers and manufacturers have no choice but to pass on higher labour and petrol costs. They add that the prolonged...

    Tags: National Foods Ltd.

  • Milk price set to top $3 as farmers feel drought.

    - 2007-07-16

    Byline: Jodie Thomson Jul 16, 2007 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- National Foods, Australia's largest milk processor, has warned it will have to pass on cost increases for dairy farmers associated with the drought. This means milk prices could rise by...

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  • Buy-out firms eye NatFoods.

    - 2007-07-05

    Byline: Simon Evans Jul 05, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Japan's Kirin group has confirmed that it is interested in buying Australian dairy and juice assets from San Miguel Corporation SMC. However, private equity players, including The Carlyle Group,...

    Tags: Carlyle Group, National Foods Ltd.

  • Kirin moves to swallow Nat Foods.

    - 2007-07-04

    Byline: Brett Clegg and Simon Evans Jul 04, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian dairy and fruit juice assets may change hands again. Japan's Kirin Holdings is considering buying the National Foods and Berri businesses from Philippines-based San Miguel...

    Tags: Lion Nathan Ltd., National Foods Ltd., San Miguel Corp.

  • Dairy and orange juice fit the bill.

    - 2007-07-04

    Byline: Brett Clegg Jul 04, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- San Miguel Corporation, which owns National Foods and Berri, is keen to release capital from its Australian interests. To this end it has held serious talks with Japanese giant...

    Tags: National Foods Ltd.

  • New seal of freshness gives consumers assurance.

    - 2007-06-28

    Byline: Lorna Gloria Jun 28, 2007 (Retail World - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian milk market grew by 4.8 per cent in the year to December 2006 to be worth about $A1.57 billion, according to AC Nielsen. Parmalat, with 19 per cent value...

    Tags: ACNielsen, National Foods Ltd.

  • Berri sees success in celebrity.

    - 2007-05-22

    Byline: Heather Jennings May 22, 2007 (Ad News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Berri juice company in Australia has decided to use celebrities in its latest advertising campaign. Berri, which is owned by National Foods, uses the advertising agency, The Campaign Palace, Melbourne....

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  • Children's segment grows with parent's concerns over childhood obesity.

    - 2007-04-05

    Apr 05, 2007 (Retail World - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Aztec estimates the Australian children's yoghurt grocery category to be worth $A69 million. The category has a growth rate of 16.5 per cent. Nestle commands 46.6 per cent of the market, ahead of National Foods with 24.8...

    Tags: National Foods Ltd.

  • MasterFoods raises the bar on Mars.

    - 2007-04-04

    Byline: Mia Kissas Apr 04, 2007 (Retail World - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Masterfoods Europe will no longer promote confectionery aimed at children aged under 12 in magazines and on TV. Kraft and Arnott's have already adopted this policy. The trend reflects rising concerns...

    Tags: National Foods Ltd.

  • Culture club.

    - 2007-03-28

    Byline: Branko Miletic Mar 28, 2007 (Ad News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Visy Industrial Packaging has redesigned National Foods' 1kg Yoplait tub. Shane Spence, market development manager for Visy, says the new format replaces traditional thermoformed, high-impact polystyrene containers for Yoplait's...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Ashley Waugh CEO & Managing Director
Clive Hooke CFO
Joy Linton Chief Financial Officer
Keith Mentiplay Regional General Manager, Victoria
Neil Kearney General Manager Food Service and Export
Peter Margin Managing Director
Ian Greenshields Director, Invest Relations & Public Relations
Brian Keaine Group General Manager
Brian Kean General Manager, Business Services Group
Eric Brunetti Manager
Glenn Bake Milk Supply Manager Eastern Australia
Kym Baldock National Supply Manager Juice
Paul Rees Milk Supply Manager Sa, Tas
Richard Keightley Fruit Supply Manager, Operations
Michael Read Controller
Brian Keane Executive Profiles
Bridget Hargreaves
Dave Donaldson
David Glik
David Lambert Group Executive, Legal & Risk
George Kargas Fruit Supply Coordinator
John Davidson Fruit Buyer, Leeton
Louise Doyle Executive Profiles
Trish Fletcher Fruit Supply Officer
Michael Nock Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Brian P. Burns Board of Directors
Enrique Gomez Board of Directors
Ramon Ang Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
National Foods Limited CEO & Managing Director Current
Livestock Improvement Corporation Limited Customer Services Manager Former

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National Foods Limited CFO Current

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National Foods Limited Chief Financial Officer Current

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National Foods Limited Regional General Manager, Victoria Current

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National Foods Limited General Manager Food Service and Export Current

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National Foods Limited Managing Director Current

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National Foods Limited Director, Invest Relations & Public Relations Current
National Foods Limited Director, Invest Relations & Public Relations Former

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National Foods Limited Group General Manager Current

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National Foods Limited General Manager, Business Services Group Current

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National Foods Limited Manager Current

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National Foods Limited Milk Supply Manager Eastern Australia Current

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National Foods Limited National Supply Manager Juice Current

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National Foods Limited Milk Supply Manager Sa, Tas Current

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National Foods Limited Fruit Supply Manager, Operations Current

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National Foods Limited Controller Current

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National Foods Limited Executive Profiles Current

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Progressive Enterprises Ltd. Current
National Foods Limited Current
Political Owl Current
Gavin Anderson & Company Former

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National Foods Limited Current

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National Foods Limited Current
Southcorp Wines global head Former
ACI International senior consultant Former

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National Foods Limited Group Executive, Legal & Risk Current

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National Foods Limited Fruit Supply Coordinator Current

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National Foods Limited Fruit Buyer, Leeton Current

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National Foods Limited Executive Profiles Current

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National Foods Limited Fruit Supply Officer Current

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National Foods Limited Board of Directors Current

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National Foods Limited Board of Directors Current

Michael Nock who is Chairman and Managing Director of Doric Capital Corporation, a Hong Kong-based corporate and investment advisory company which he established in 1998. He is also a director of Retail Technology Services Ltd, a company engaged in point of sales system and B2B business and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. He is also Chairman of Pea-Green Enterprises Limited, an animation and multi-media production company based in Los Angeles; a Director of National Foods Limited (Australia); a Director of Union Champ Limited, the holding company for a restaurant business operating in China and Hong Kong; and Chairman of PixCel Animation Solutions, an animation and Internet software development company based in Los Angeles. Mr Nock began his career with Bain & Co in Sydney as a security analyst, and later moved to the institutional sales desk and corporate finance department. In 1980 he moved to Asia where he joined Merrill Lynch and helped establish the Hong Kong Institutional Sales office. He has many years of experience in the investment and financial services industry in Asia. Mr Nock holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degree from The University of New South Wales, and a BFA & MFA in Film Video - (Experimental Animation) from the California Institute of the Arts.

Organization Position Status
National Foods Limited Director Current
Asian Itech Fund Board of Directors Current
Retail Technology Services, Inc Director Current
Bainco Security Analyst Former
University Corp. Bachelor of Commerce Former
University Corp. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
National Foods Limited Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • San Miguel to stay in core business--'Danding'

    TradingMarkets - 7/23/09 - View Story

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