Fonterra Brands is a global ice cream and dairy company, based in Perth, Western Australia, producing leading consumer brands for Australia and overseas markets. At home in Western Australia the company trades as the Peters and Brownes Group, and is the single largest producer and distributor of frozen and chilled foods for the state.

Its food brands are familiar to many consumers. Peters Ice Cream and Brownes Dairy are household names to generations of Western Australians. The Cadbury Ice Cream range manufactured by the group for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, is also a favourite. The Connoisseur Super Premium Ice Cream range is another success story for the group.

Fonterra Brands employs more than 1200 people, and is one of the largest independent ice cream companies in the region, with locations in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and sales in excess of AUS$400million annually. In addition to its strengths in domestic markets, the company has also developed a significant export business for both branded and bulk, ice cream and dairy products.

Western Australian based for more than a 100 years. In 2001, the group strengthened its future expansion plans by forming a strategic alliance with New Zealand’s second largest dairy company, Kiwi Co-operative Dairies, who merged with New Zealand Dairy Group to form one of the world’s largest dairy entities, Fonterra Co-operative Group. In 2002, Fonterra obtained all shares in Fonterra Brands Ltd and merged it, along with Mainland Products Ltd and Bonland into Fonterra’s new Global Consumer Products Division, New Zealand Milk. In 2003 became part of a new entity called New Zealand Milk Australasia (NZMA), a subsidiary of New Zealand Milk.

The group’s success to date has been driven by its commitment to quality and service excellence, and its dedication to fostering continued growth in both domestic and export markets.

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