History

1909	Geo Fielder & Co. Ltd. incorporated in Australia, based in Tamworth NSW.
1951	Geo Fielder & Co. Ltd. becomes public company
1968	Quality Bakers Co-operative established in New Zealand by Patrick Goodman.
1978	Fielder Gillespie Ltd formed after merger with Gillespie Bros Holdings Ltd.
1983	Fielder Gillespie Davis Ltd formed after merger with Davis Consolidated Industries Ltd.
1986	Goodman Fielder Ltd established with merger of Goodman Group Ltd ( New Zealand ) and Allied Mills Ltd.
1987	Acquisition of Wattie Industries Ltd ( New Zealand ), name changed to Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd.
1991	Acquired Riga Bakery, Meadowbank.
1992	Name changed to Goodman Fielder Ltd following divestment of Wattie Foods Ltd to H J Heinz. Acquisition of Wessanen Med Baking. Acquisition of The Uncle Tobys Company.
1993	Divestment of Goodman Fielder Asia retail operations in Singapore.
1995	Divestment of 64% holding in Goodman Fielder Asia.
1996	New Zealand milling and baking operations consolidated into Milling and Baking Australasia. Bluebird Foods ( New Zealand) and Uncle Tobys joined to form Cereals and Snacks division. Goodman Fielder International formed.
1997	Divestment of European milling and baking business Meneba N.V. Acquisition of Defiance Food Industries in New Zealand. Acquisition of Burns Philp Consumer Foods Division. Acquisition of outstanding 50% of Taiwanese Joint Venture, Goody Foods.
1998	Acquisition of the edible gelatin operations of Hormel Foods Corporation. Acquisition of outstanding two-thirds of Aspak Foods Limited in New Zealand.
1999	Acquisition of 90% interest in Shanghai van Den Bergh Co. Ltd, an edible oils business in China. Divestment of Steggles Limited, a poultry business, to Bartter Pty Ltd. Divestment of Vetta pasta to Greens Foods Limited. Acquisition of Ernest Adams Limited, the largest baked goods business in New Zealand.
2000	Divestment of Empire Foods - Christchurch NZ.
2001	Divestment of Starch Australasia. Divestment of Leiner Davis, an ingredients business.
2002	Divestment of the Australian milling business to Allied Mills Limited.
2003	Divestment of remaining Ingredients sites. Goodman Fielder Limited is acquired by Burns, Philp & Company Limited.
2004	Acquisition of Natures Oven Limited, a snacks business in New Zealand.
2005	Acquisition of La Famiglia Fine Foods Pty Limited, a frozen and chilled bread business. Acquisition of Hansells (NZ) Limited's snacks business in New Zealand. Initial Public Offering of shares in Goodman Fielder Limited on ASX and NZX. Burns, Philp & Company Limited retains The Uncle Tobys Company and Bluebird Foods businesses. Acquisition of New Zealand Dairy Foods Holdings Limited, a dairy and smallgoods business in New Zealand.
2006	Acquisition of the Country Life and Moores Bakery health bread businesses. Acquisition of Northern Bakeries bakery business in New Zealand.
2007	Divestment of SICA stockfeed business in New Caledonia. Acquisition of La Biscuitière, a snacks business in New Caledonia. Acquisition of the Copperpot, Attiki and Palmyra dips, yogurts and pate business. Acquisition of the River Mill Bakeries and Canterbury Flour Mills businesses in New Zealand. Divestment of the PIC New Zealand Limited piggeries and genetics business. Acquisition of IDP (Mainland) Limited's dairy business in New Zealand.
2008	Acquisition of Paradise Foods, a biscuit manufacturer.