For Goodman Fielder, one of the southern hemisphere's biggest food companies, a growth mentality has always been part of the company's DNA.
Goodman Fielder's story is one of humble beginnings: a village bakery at the top of New Zealand's South Island, owned by the Goodman family, found success and began buying bakeries across the province. Meanwhile, across the Tasman Sea in New South Wales, Geo. Fielders & Co found optimal conditions for wheat and flour milling and was exporting Fielder's Flour across the border to Queensland.
Following a merger several decades later - and a few high-profile acquisitions – Goodman...