Tiger Brands
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| Public company | |
| Traded as | JSE: TBS |
| Industry | Consumer Goods |
| Predecessor | Tiger Oats |
| Headquarters | Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa |
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Area served
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South Africa and Selected Emerging Markets |
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Key people
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Lawrence MacDougall (CEO) Funke Ighodaro (CFO) |
| Products | Over one hundred covering a variety of packaged goods and foodstuffs. |
| Revenue |
 R31.59 Billion (FY 2015"')
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R3.65 Billion (FY 2015"')
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Number of employees
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20 591 |
| Subsidiaries | 41 |
| Website | www.tigerbrands.com |
Lawrence MacDougall (CEO) Funke Ighodaro (CFO)
Tiger Brands Limited (JSE: TBS) is a South African packaged goods company. In addition to the company's South African operations Tiger Brands also has direct and indirect interests in international food businesses in Chile, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya and Cameroon. Tiger Brands is South Africa's largest food company.
Founded in 1921 by Jacob Frankel, with some help from Joffe Marks, Tiger Brands Limited -formerly known as Tiger Oats Limited - was built on the strength of family businesses and the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Originally known as Tiger Oats, Tiger Brand's first product was a breakfast oatmeal brand called Jungle Oats. A product that is still produced by the brand. It was first conceived by a Mr Frankel towards the end of the 19th century and was finally launched in 1925. Tiger Oat's first Mill was opened in Moorreesburg, Western Cape. A second mill was opened in Maitland, Cape Town when demand outgrew the Moorreesburg's mill's capacity in 1930. The Moorreesburg mill was abandoned in about 1987. In March 1982 Barlow bought a considerable share of Tiger Oats.
In 1988 SPAR South Africa became a wholly owned subsidiary of Tiger Oats, however it was unbundled and listed as a separate company in 2004. During the late 1990s Tiger Oats went through a period of rapid expansion. Buying out other large companies and competitors such as food packaging company Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company in October 1998 and pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram for R3.4bn in 1999. After these buyouts Tiger Oats was renamed Tiger Brands. In July 2008 Adcock Ingram was unbundled from Tiger Brands.
Tiger Brands Limited's subcompany, Tiger Food Brands Ltd merged with Bromor Foods (Pty) Ltd, which owns the Super Juice carbonated drink. In1 October 2009, the Company acquired Crosse & Blackwell's mayonnaise business for an undisclosed amount.
In 2008 Tiger Brands launched an aggressive expansion program into the rest of Africa. In the process the company bought a controlling stake in a number of food processing businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Cameroon.
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