Sugar
Our UK beet sugar factories produce over one million tonnes of sugar annually. Azucarera in Spain produces around 400,000 tonnes of beet sugar and has a cane refining capacity of a further 400,000 tonnes. Our Chinese operations have a capacity to produce 850,000 tonnes from both beet and cane. Illovo, Africa’s largest producer, has an annual cane sugar production of 1.6 million tones across six countries.
Agriculture
AB Agri operates at the heart of the agricultural industry. It supplies products and services to farmers, feed and food manufacturers, processors and retailers. It also buys grain from farmers and supplies crop inputs through its joint venture, Frontier Agriculture. It employs over 2,000 people in the UK and China and markets products in 55 countries worldwide.
Retail
Primark is a major value retail group operating stores in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany and Belgium. Targeted at the fashion-conscious under 35s, Primark offers customers high-quality merchandise at value for money prices. Primark’s range includes womenswear, lingerie, childrenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, hosiery and homeware.
Grocery
ABF is a major intermational manufacturer of both branded and private label grocery products, many of which are household names, such as Twinings™Tea, Ovaltine®, Ryvita®, mazola®, and other ethnic brands such as Patak's TM and BlueDragon®.
Ingredients
ABF supplies food and non food ingredients from around the world to food manufacturers, foodservice, and wholesale customers. ABF Ingredients focuses on high-value ingredients for food & non-food applications. It manufactures and markets enzymes, yeast extracts, speciality proteins and lipids. Click here for ingredients.