type subsidiary industry food founded 1864 headquarters auckland new zealand products griffins eta nice & natural number of employees 800 parent independent 1864 1962 nabisco 1962 1990 danone 1990 2006 pacific equity partners 2006 2014 universal robina 2014 present website http www.griffins.co.nz griffin s foods limited is an australasian owned biscuit snack food and confectionery manufacturer operating in new zealand . the company has sales of approximately nz 300 million . contents 1 history 2 expansion and subsidiary 3 universal robina 4 locations 5 products 6 see also 7 references history edit the company was founded by john griffin in nelson new zealand in 1864 1 as a flour and cocoa miller . newspaper records show biscuits were in production by the 1880s and the confectionery arm of the business launched in 1886 . by the 1890s griffins were producing a range of candied peels and by the late 1900s drinking cocoa . main produce is distributed via the griffins manufacturing plant on ashmole street christchurch new zealand . expansion and subsidiary edit the company went public as griffin & sons to fund expansion the replacement of a factory destroyed by fire . it expanded making army ration biscuits during world war ii 1 until in 1962 when it was purchased by nabisco . 2 in 1989 griffin s acquired biscuit company hudsons taking on the copyright for the famous hudson s icon cookie bear . when nabisco was effectively broken up griffin s was acquired by danone 3 in 1990 . in 2006 danone divested griffin s to pacific equity partners . 4 universal robina edit in july 2014 pacific equity partners divested of griffin s foods selling the operations to universal robina for nz 700 million . 5 in october 2015 universal robina announced they were expanding the griffin s brand to the south east asian market starting with the philippines . locations edit today griffin s has two factories in auckland . a lower hutt plant closed in 2008 with the loss of 200 jobs 6 with all production transferred to the auckland sites . in 2009 griffin s moved the production of its cream filled biscuits which account for 2.5 % of production to fiji . 7 the company currently employs approximately 800 people . 1 products edit the company s food range comprises griffin s and huntley and palmers biscuits including chocolate thins krispies and cameo cremes . eta salty snacks mainly potato chips and peanuts . nice & natural wrapped snacks . 8 see also edit huntley & palmers list of food companies references edit a b c http www.griffins.co.nz about griffins http www.eta.co.nz corporate companyinformation history 1962 . aspx big players call tune . the new zealand herald . 9 january 1999 . retrieved 2 october 2011 . pacific equity buys griffin s foods . the age . melbourne . 1 april 2006 . http www.reuters.com article 2014 07 21 us philippines universal robina iduskbn0fq0cp20140721 universal robina reuters 200 jobs set to go as cookie factory crumbles . the new zealand herald . nzpa . 16 november 2007 . retrieved 2 october 2011 . http www.stuff.co.nz business 3084306 griffins moves biscuits to fiji ward stephen 3 march 2007 . griffins tipped to gobble up more . the new zealand herald . retrieved 2 october 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title griffin % 27s foods & oldid 742537838 categories universal robinasnack food manufacturers of new zealandfood manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in aucklandcompanies established in 1864new zealand brandsnew zealand subsidiaries of foreign companiesfood and drink companies established in 1864hidden categories use dmy dates from august 2015use new zealand english from august 2015all wikipedia articles written in new zealand english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 08 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view