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- Tiger Brands Limited (JSE: TBS) is South Africa's largest packaged food and beverage company, manufacturing, marketing and distributing a broad portfolio of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) including groceries, snacks, beverages, home care and personal care products. The company offers core brands across categories such as bakeries (Tinkies), culinary fruit and vegetables (Benny, Colman's, Hugo's, Ice Cap, Spray and Cook), superfoods (Ace, King Korn, Morvite), baby nutrition, home care (Airoma, Jeyes, Peaceful Sleep), milling (Golden Cloud), personal care (Dolly Varden, No Hair, Perfect Touch), snacks and treats (Hall's, Jelly Tots, Beacon, Fizzer), rice and pasta (Aunt Caroline), and beverages (Cresta, Smoothies); it also provides Tiger Brands Food Service Solutions for franchised restaurants, hotels, catering groups, airlines and institutions, encompassing condiments, grains, desserts and cleaning products. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Bryanston, South Africa, Tiger Brands operates primarily in South Africa with exports to approximately 55 countries and direct or indirect interests in international food businesses in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, Cameroon and Chile.
In recent developments, Tiger Brands sold its Langeberg & Ashton Foods deciduous canned fruit business effective 1 October 2025 to a consortium including Ashton Fruit Producers Agricultural Co-operative and Norfund for a nominal R1, committing R150 million to a community trust holding 10% equity in the buyer and investing R31 million in an effluent plant upgrade as part of its portfolio optimization strategy. The company divested its Baby Wellbeing business, including Elizabeth Anne's baby care and brands like Mi-Woni and Antipeol, for R605 million in November 2024 to a prominent South African home and personal care manufacturer, alongside non-core brands (Bio Classic, Kair, Fiesta, Black Silk, Eulactol) for R161 million, while retaining Purity baby nutrition under a limited license. Additionally, Tiger Brands launched a refreshed corporate brand identity in November 2025 with a modernized tiger emblem and new purpose "to cultivate and nourish lives every day and every tomorrow," reported 2.7% revenue growth to R34.4 billion for FY2025 ended 30 September with 35% operating income increase, and expanded township distribution targeting 90,000 stores by end-2024 en route to 130,000 by 2028.