- Tiger Brands
-
Tiger Brands 
Type Public (JSE: TBS)
JSE LimitedIndustry Food, Fisheries Predecessor Tiger Oats Headquarters Gauteng, South Africa Area served South Africa and Selected Emerging Markets Key people Peter Matlare (CEO)
Leonard van Vught (Chairman)
Michael Fleming (CFO)Products Over one hundred covering a verity of packaged goods and foodstuffs. Revenue 
R20.64 Billion (FY 2009)[1]Operating income R3.47 Billion (FY 2009)[1]Employees 12,697[2] Subsidiaries Over one hundred brands and products. Website www.tigerbrands.co.za Tiger Brands Limited (JSE: TBS) is a South African packaged goods company.[3] In addition to the company's South African operations Tiger Brands also has direct and indirect interests in international food businesses in Chile, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Cameroon.[4] Tiger Brands is South Africa's largest food company.[5]
Contents
History
In 1998 Tiger Oats bought out Imperial Cold Storage.
2010 box of Jungle oats (left) as well as an example of the first box from the 1920s (right)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 Tiger Brands. The product was first conceived by a Mr Redler towards the end of the 19th century and was finally launched in 1925. Tiger Oat's first Mill was opened in Maraisburg, Western Cape. A second mill was opened in Maitland, Cape Town when demand outgrew the Maraisburg's mill's capacity in 1930.[6] In March 1982 Barlow bought a considerable share of Tiger Oats.[7]
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.[8] 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[7] and pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram for R3.4bn in 1999.[9] 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.[10] As of 1 October 2009, the Company acquired Crosse & Blackwell's mayonnaise business for an undisclosed amount.[11][12]
Price-fixing Scandals
Bread
In mid-November 2007 Tiger Brands was fined R98.8 million (roughly equivalent to US$12,8 million)[13] by the South African Competition Commission for colluding with other bread producers to raise the price of bread by 30c to 35c per loaf.[14]
According to the commission the four companies involved (Premier Foods, Tiger Brands, Foodcorp and Pioneer Foods) controlled more than 90 percent of the wheat flour market at the time. Facilitating their pricing activities through secret meetings and telephone calls between employees of these firms at various venues, including churches, stadiums and hotels. The commission also found that the price-fixing activities had a negative effect on both consumers as a whole as well as inhibiting smaller bakeries from being effective competitors.[15]
The fine reflected 5.7% of Tiger Brand's bread sales, coming mostly from its Albany brand, for the 2006 financial year.[14] Tiger Brands took full responsibility and then CEO Nick Dennis resigned.[16]
Adcock Ingram Critical Care
In May 2008 Tiger Brands agreed to pay a R53.5 million fine for alleged anti-competitive practices in its health care subsidiary Adcock Ingram Critical Care (AICC). AICC executive Arthur Barnett was suspended until the investigation was concluded.[17][18] In July 2008 Tiger Brands stated that it was going to unbundle its entire Adcock Ingram subsidiary with each Tiger Brands shareholder receiving one share in Adcock Ingram for every Tiger Brands share they owned.[19]
Brands
Koo canned foods is one of Tiger Brands many products.Brand (country if not in South Africa, year of acquisition and/or launch)[2][20]
Baby Products- Purity baby food
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity baby food
- Natural Good Nights baby sleep and scent oils
- Sun Smart Baby Range sunscreen
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Special Baby Shampoo
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Aqueous Cream
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Aqueous Lotion
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Perfumed Jelly
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Barrier Cream
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Cornstarch Powder
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Oil
- Elizabeth Anne’s & Purity Baby Powder
- Vi-Daylin
- Telament
- Phipps Milk of Magnesia
- Muthi Wenyoni
- Antipeol
Packaged Food
A can of Koo baked beans.- All Gold
- Black Cat (1926)
- Colman's mustard
- Fatti's and Moni's spaghetti (1982)
- Ice Cap
- Koo canned foods (1940)
- Spray & Cook cooking oil
Beverages
Energade energy drink, a direct competitor to Powerade, is another one of Tiger Brands many products.- Energade energy drink (1993)
- Halls fruit juice (1999)
- Oros flavored drink mix
- King Korn, sorghum beer mix
- Kings Brew, sorghum beer mix
- Maltex, hot wheat cereal
- Mnanti, sorghum beer
Candy & Sweets- Ambrosoli (Chile, 2001)
- Anytime (1990)
- Beacon Allsorts
- Beacon Slabs
- Beacon Fizz Pops
- Beacon Smoothies
- Beacon Sprikles
- Fizz Pop Magic Planet
- Fruit Chews
- Inside Story chocolate bar
- Maynards
- Superfine Chocolate
- Nosh Bar
- Now Bar
- Nut Puffs
- Tinkies
- TV Bar
- Wonder Bar
Dairy
A selection of three popular Dairy Belle dairy products. A box of full cream long life milk, a bottle of strawberry drinking yogurt, and a carton of passion fruit yogurt.- Dairybelle
- Lanolene Milk
Grains
A selection of Jungle Oats Energy Bars
A packet of TNT popcorn, a Tiger Brands product.- Albany bread (established after numerous mergers and acquisitions in the 1970s and 1980s)
- Ace maze meal
- Golden Cloud flour
- Induna maze meal
- Jungle Oat Bran
- Jungle Oats
- Jungle Oats Energy Bar
- Jungle Lion Superpop, popcorn
- Maxi Meal
- Morvite cake mix
- Oats Easy Instant Oats
- Old Mill Stream Rice
- Olde Cape Seed Loaf
- Tastic Rice
- Tasmati
- Tastic Rice-O-Mix
- Tastic Savory Classics
- Taystee Wheat
- TNT Microwave Popcorn
- TNT Superpop
Pet Food- Jerky Treats
Perishables
A selection of three Enterprise products. Sliced meats, canned viennas, and a can of corned meat.- Renown
- Like it Lean
- Enterprise Foods
- Easy Meal
- Mrs. Paul's Kitchen
- Nice and Easy
- Simply Delicious
- Suddenly Supper
Sea-food Products
A can of Lucky Star canned pilchards, one of Tiger Brands many products.- Lucky Star canned fish
- Sea Harvest
- SA Sea Product Ltd
- Oceana
Toiletries- Design Group shampoo and personal care products (1998)
- Cepacaine, mouth wash
- Gill
Other Brands and Subsidiaries- Trinity Biotech
- V-Med
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tiger Brands Annual Report 2010". Tiger Brands. http://www.tigerbrands.co.za/Investor/Downloads/PDFReports/FinancialResults2010/Interim%20Financial%20Results%202010.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ a b Profiles's Stock Exchange Handbook: October 2010-January 2011. Johannesburg, South Africa: Sasfin. 2010. p. 357. ISSN 168000-36.
- ^ CNBC article on Tiger Brands Limited. http://www.cnbcafrica.com/businessnews/sens/170896.htm
- ^ Google Finance, Tiger Brands Limited (Public, JNB:TBS)
- ^ BHP, Blue Financial, Remgro, Telkom, Tiger: South African Equity Preview, By Janice Kew, Bloomberg, 21 Jun 2010.
- ^ Jungle Oats brand history, retrieved 06 July 2010
- ^ a b Brooke Simons, Phillida (2000). Ice Cold in Africa: The History of Imperial Cold Storage & Supply Company Limited. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. pp. 252,. ISBN 1 874950 50 4.
- ^ Trade Intelligence - SPAR, accessed 2 October 2010
- ^ Business Day: Tiger Oats Bids For All, 7 October 1999
- ^ Competition Tribunal of South Africa article on the merger and details. (PDF file) http://www.comptrib.co.za/%5Ccomptrib%5Ccomptribdocs%5C488%5C33LMApr06.pdf
- ^ Thomson Reuters Business Description: Tiger Brands, retrieved 21st July 2010
- ^ Business Day: Tiger Brands buys Crosse & Blackwell from Nestlé, Published: 2009/05/25
- ^ http://www.xe.com retrieved on the 5th July 2010
- ^ a b MoneyWeb: "Tiger Brands admits to bread price-fixing, pays fine", 13 November 2007
- ^ MoneyWeb: "Watchdog refers wheat milling cartel to Tribunal", 15 Mar 2010
- ^ Business Report: "Tiger Brands Limited. Price-fixing saga bites Tiger Brands chief", December 7, 2007
- ^ Adcock Ingram Critical Care (Proprietary) Limited (“AICC”), Tiger Brands website, 9 May 2008, retrieved 2 February 2011
- ^ MoneyWeb: "Tiger Brands' Adcock Ingram to pay R53,5m for price fixing", 9 May 2008
- ^ Finance24: Tiger to unbundle Adcock Ingram", 21 July 2008
- ^ Mbendi - Tiger Brands Ltd (TIGBRANDS), accessed 2 October 2010
External links
Categories:- Companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- Companies of South Africa
- Companies based in Johannesburg
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
