- CEO
- Edward Alexander
- Full Time Employees
- 8,200
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- Talavera Corporate Centre, Building D Sydney NSW Australia 2113
- IPO Date
- Nov 15, 2016
- Business
- Inghams Group Limited engages in the integrated production and sale of poultry products, primarily chicken and turkey, across Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 1918 and headquartered in North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, the company operates as the largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the region, with approximately 40% market share in Australia and 35% in New Zealand; it supplies major retailers including Woolworths and Coles, as well as quick-service restaurants such as McDonald's and KFC. Core products encompass fresh chicken cuts including thighs, breasts, mince, drumsticks, wings, and fillets; ready-to-cook items such as kebabs, schnitzels, roasting portions, burger patties, meatballs, and Chicken Kiev; frozen offerings like roasting chickens and kievs; processed deli rolls; turkey lines including fresh cuts, sausages, roasts, steaks, wings, drumsticks, schnitzel, mince, roasted, smoked, and whole turkeys; and stockfeed for poultry, pigs, and horses produced at its feed mills.
Inghams maintains an extensive operational network spanning feed mills, breeder farms, hatcheries, primary and further processing plants, and distribution centers across key locations in Australia including Queensland (Murarrie), Victoria (Somerville, Truganina), South Australia (Edinburgh Parks, Bolivar), Tasmania (Sorell, Marion Bay), New South Wales (Casino, Tahmoor), and Western Australia (Osborne Park, Hazelmere), alongside New Zealand sites such as Te Aroha.
Recent developments include the acquisition of Bromley Park Hatcheries and organic chicken producer Bostock Brothers in New Zealand to expand hatchery, breeder, and supply chain capacity; the conversion of $545 million in debt facilities into a Sustainability Linked Loan in June 2024; a long-term agreement with Lodestone Energy for 100% renewable electricity powering New Zealand operations from April 2025; Marion Bay chicken products achieving carbon neutral certification from paddock to shelf in March 2025; investments in equipment upgrades for productivity at primary processing facilities in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania; new distribution centers in Western Australia and South Australia; water recycling plants and automation such as Ultimate Leg Deboners at multiple sites; and a federal grant for sustainability upgrades at its Sorell, Tasmania facility.