Associated British Foods plc/  GB0006731235  /

Associated British Foods plc is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales in 50 countries. The business is split into five segments: Sugar, Agriculture, Retail, Grocery, Ingredients. Sugar processing business, based in Europe, South Africa and China. Agriculture operates extensive international agribusiness operations delivering products, technology and services to the food, drink and animal feed sectors. The Retail segment comprises a major value fashion retail group Primark trading in the high streets of the UK, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy and US. The Grocery segment encompasses a number of manufacturers of branded and private label products. These include hot beverages, sugars and sweeteners, vegetable oils, bread and baked goods, ethnic foods, herbs and spices, meat and dairy. The Ingredients segment operates globally in yeast and bakery ingredient production. In addition, it focuses on high-value ingredients for food and non-food applications. From its inception in November 1935 as Food Investments Limited and its rapid change to Allied Bakeries Limited five weeks later, the business grew as a broad-based food manufacturing organisation, becoming Associated British Foods Limited in February 1960. It finally changed to Associated British Foods plc in May 1982 to comply with legal requirements.