ABOUT US. Bega Cheese is an Australian owned and operated cheese company located in the beautiful Bega Valley, on the south coast of New South Wales. The company was founded as a dairy co-operative in 1899, and many of the current owners of Bega Cheese are the 100 plus dairy farmers.
Bega Dairy & Drinks is a subsidiary of Australian diversified food company the Bega Group, having been purchased from the Japanese company Kirin (who owns Lion in Australia) in November 2020. While owned by Kirin, it was known as Lion Dairy & Drinks.
We are the Bega Group and we are proudly Australian owned. Collectively, for more than a century we have dedicated ourselves to being leading makers and innovators of great Australian food and drink brands for all Australians to enjoy.
The "Bega" branded Australia retail and foodservice cheese products are distributed by Fonterra under a long-term agreement. Just under a third of the Bega Group's revenue (as of 2019) was from exports.
In March 2009, Bega Cheese acquired the cheese manufacturing facility of Kraft Foods at Strathmerton in Victoria. The asset was one of the largest processed cheese facilities in Australasia and Bega Cheese has further invested in the infrastructure adding natural cheese cutting capacity to the plant.
Proudly Australian
Bega Cheese is a truly Australian company, employing over 500 staff in the Bega Valley. Around 20% of overall production is exported to over 50 countries around the world. Proudly packed in Bega with cheese sourced from around Australia.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational publicly traded dairy co-operative owned by around 9,000 New Zealand farmers. The company is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports and with revenue exceeding NZ $22 billion, making it New Zealand's largest company.
Bega acquired the Australian division of Kraft Foods (known as Mondelez Australia), including the assets and goodwill of the business. After the purchase, Bega ran a series of advertisements letting Australian consumers know that Kraft peanut butter is now Bega peanut butter: “Same recipe, same great taste.
The Discovery. The VEGEMITE brand has a history spanning over 99 years and is proudly owned by the great Australian food company – Bega Cheese Limited.
DAIRY giant Saputo continues to claim its Devondale brand is “Wholly Australian” and sourced from an “Aussie Farmer Co-Op” despite the Canadian conglomerate taking over Murray Goulburn nearly two years ago.
Bulla is an Australian family owned company proudly supporting local farmers to source the best quality milk, to make our delicious range of dairy products.
The two companies reached an agreement for Fonterra to produce Bega-branded cheese under a deal struck in 2002.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand-based multinational dairy company, owned by the New Zealand-based dairy farmers that supply the company.
Australian owned and operated, Bega produces, markets and distributes a wide range of high-quality products for domestic and international markets, including some of Australia's most iconic and loved food brands and products.
Bega Cheese Limited is a locally-owned publicly listed company that generates its revenue from the processing and manufacturing of dairy and other food related products which it distributes across Australia and exports to over 40 countries.
Bega Cheese's CEO is Pete Findlay, appointed in Jan 2022, he has a tenure of 1.5 years. His total yearly compensation is A$899.56K , comprised of 72.1% salary and 27.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. He directly owns 0.008% of the company's shares, worth A$71.36K.
China company Mengniu Dairy owns the following brands: Dairy Farmers, Pura, Farmers Union, Masters, Moove, Dare, Vitasoy, Yoplait, Fruche, Divine Classic, YoGo, Big M, Berri, Just Juice, Daily Juice, King Island Dairy, South Cape, Tilba, Timboon, Tasmanian Heritage and Clover Creek,” the text above the image reads.
Australian Owned Milk Brands. We started the Little Big Dairy Co to deliver the best-tasting, 'Single Source' milk you'll drink to as many people as possible. It's our belief that this shouldn't be reserved for the lucky few. It should be readily available to many, supporting the economy in which it was made.
We're proud to be an 100% Australian company. Our farms are based on the NSW South Coast, our manufacturing site is based in Sydney and our Head Office is based in Melbourne. We're a small but passionate team, led by CEO, Wade Porter.
The study saw Cheddar take home the title as Australia's favourite cheese, followed by Brie, Mozzarella, Blue, Parmesan and Goats. And the thing that Aussies loved most about cheese was its texture, including smoothness and crumbliness, followed by creaminess, sharpness, saltiness and smell.
We get 82% of our dairy products from true blue, Australian dairy farms (we only source from overseas when we can't find the products). Eggs and dairy products are essential ingredients in some of our favourite foods, such as omelettes, cakes, pizza, chocolate, and ice-cream.
Bega Cheese has outbid embattled competitor Murray Goulburn for a $100million contract supplying Woolworths with its private label cheese.