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Associated British Foods

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British food company

Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England. Its ingredients division is the world's fourth-largest producer of sugar and second-largest producer of baker's yeast, and is a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1935Founded1

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  • TickerABF on London Stock Exchange1
  • Industryfood processing1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
  • Websiteabf.co.uk
  • Legal formpublic limited company1

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Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England.2

The story

Founded by W. Garfield Weston in 1935.1

Leadership

Who has led Associated British Foods, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. George G. Weston2005–now

Chair

  1. Charles Sinclair2009–2018
  2. Michael McLintock2018–now
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Fine Fare
  • Jordans
  • Ohly
  • Patak's
  • Primark
  • Stewarts Supermarket Limited
  • Twinings
  • British Sugar since 1991

Also owns

  • Aerated Bread Company
  • Allinson
  • Dorset Cereals
  • George Weston Foods
  • Illovo Sugar
  • Wander

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1991Acquired British Sugar1

Timeline

  1. Apr 2005New chief executive George G. Weston becomes CEO1
  2. 1935Founded Founded1

Sources

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