Associated British Foods is divided into five segments. These are Sugar; Agriculture; Retail; Grocery and Ingredients.
Sugar
Europe
Our UK beet sugar factories produce over one million tonnes of sugar annually. Our Spanish business, Azucarera, produces around 400,000 tonnes of beet sugar each year and has a cane refining capacity of a further 400,000 tonnes.
China
We operate five cane sugar mills in Guangxi Province and seven beet sugar factories in the north east of the country. Continuous investment has raised annual sugar capacity to 850,000 tonnes.
Southern Africa
Illovo is Africa’s largest sugar producer with agricultural and production facilities in six countries. Illovo grows 6.1 million tonnes of sugar cane itself and its annual sugar production is 1.6 million tonnes.
Agriculture
AB Agri sells animal feed to farmers and purchases grain from them. It also provides sustainable supply chain solutions to food, drink and biofuel producers. It has facilities in the UK and China and markets products in over 40 countries worldwide.
Retail
Primark is a major value retail group, employing over 36,000 people and operating in 232 stores with 7.82 million sq ft of selling space in the high streets of the UK, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Portugal. Targeted at the fashion-conscious under 35s, Primark offers customers high-quality merchandise at value for money prices. Primark prides itself on its loyal customer base.
Buying and merchandising teams in Dublin (Republic of Ireland) and Reading (UK) travel internationally to source and buy up-to-the-minute fashion items that best reflect each season’s key fashion trends. Primark’s range of departments includes womenswear, lingerie, childrenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, hosiery and homeware.
Research has shown that Primark is now the second largest clothing retailer in the UK by volume and the largest in the important value sector.
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Grocery
Associated British Foods is a major international manufacturer of branded grocery products, many of which are market-leading household names.
Our focus in this area has been to invest in a brand-leading position whilst increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
Hot beverages, sugar and sweeteners
Twinings and Ovaltine comprise our global hot beverages business. We are market leaders in UK sugar with Silver Spoon and Billington’s.
Vegetable oils
Mazola is the leader in premium corn oil in the US. In Mexico, Capullo is a premium canola oil.
Bread, baked goods and cereals
We produce Jordans cereals in the UK and leading bakery brands, Kingsmill, Ryvita, and Tip Top in the UK and Australia.
World Foods
World Foods comprises our authentic pan-Asian food brands, Patak’s and Blue Dragon.
Herbs and spices
We are a leading US producer of herbs and spices through the Tone’s, Spice Islands and Durkee brands.
Meat and dairy
In Australia we are a leading supplier of ham, bacon, and smallgoods through the Don and KRC brands.
Ingredients
This segment operates globally, supplying yeast and bakery ingredients plus speciality ingredients, through two organisations, AB Mauri and ABF Ingredients (ABFI) .
AB Mauri
AB Mauri operates globally in yeast and bakery ingredient production with 49 plants in 25 countries, supplying plant & artisanal bakers and the foodservice and wholesale channels. It is a technology leader in bread improvers, dough conditioners and bakery mixes.
ABF Ingredients
ABF ingredients focuses on high value ingredients for food and non-food applications.
It is an international supplier to plant and artisanal bakers and the foodservice and wholesale channels. The group has strong market positions in cereal specialties, emulsifiers, enzymes, esters, extruded ingredients, lactose, specialty lipids, specialty powders, specialty flours, yeast extracts, whey/milk protein isolates and concentrates.