redirects here . for a farm where milk is produced see dairy farming . for a building where milk is harvested see dairy . dairy farm international holdings limited type public traded as sgx d01 lse dfib bsx dfibd.bh industry retail founded 1886 headquarters hong kong key people simon keswick chairman products food hygiene products revenue us 12 billion owner jardine matheson number of employees 100 000 website www.dairyfarmgroup.com dairy farm international holdings limited traditional chinese simplified chinese transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin ni n i gu j k ngg y uxi ng ngs yue cantonese jyutping ngau4 naai5 gwok3 zai3 hung3 gu2 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 dairy farm international holdings limited is an hongkongese retail company with its legal base in bermuda . a member of the jardine matheson group it is a major pan asian retailer involved in the processing and wholesaling of food and personal hygiene products in the pacific region and in china . jardine strategic a publicly listed holding company has an attributable 78 % stake in the firm . it is listed on the london stock exchange with secondary listings on the singapore and bermuda stock exchanges . the company head office is in the devon house ; ; dak1 wang4 daai6 haa6 ; d h ng d sh in taikoo place quarry bay . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 discontinued operations 4 see also 5 references 6 external links overview edit as of 30 june 2013 the group its associates and joint ventures operated over 5 700 outlets ; wellcome food world supermarkets 50 % share of maxim s catering restaurants cold storage supermarkets jasons market place market place by jasons jasons food hall high end supermarkets shop n save discount supermarkets giant hypermarkets mannings guardian health and beauty stores ; it also operates 7 eleven convenience stores throughout the region and ikea home furnishings stores in hong kong macau and taiwan . in 2012 the group its associates and joint ventures operated over 5 700 outlets employed over 97 000 people and had total annual sales in excess of us 11 billion . citation needed history edit dairy farm s old office in pok fu lam . the old cowsheds in pok fu lam now part of the hong kong academy for performing arts b thanie campus . exterior view of the old dairy farm depot now housing the hong kong fringe club dairy farm was set up in 1886 by sir patrick manson 2 a scottish surgeon and five well known hong kong businessmen . they initially aimed to improve the health of hong kong people by providing them with non contaminated cows milk and to import a herd of dairy cattle so as to decrease the price of milk by more than half . the farm was located in pok fu lam . in 1890 dairy farm built a low rise brick and stucco building on lower albert road in central for use as a cold storage warehouse . this warehouse was later renovated and expanded in 1913 to include a dairy shop a room for meat smoking a cold storage room for winter clothes and residency for its manager . the building later evolved into the company headquarters until the company moved in the 1970s . the abandoned building was acquired by the hong kong fringe club a non profit making arts organisation in 1984 and has been carefully restored . this distinctive 19th century building now known as the old dairy farm depot is a well known landmark in central providing a wide variety of cultural activities and performances . in 1904 dairy farm began importing frozen meat and opened its first retail store at the central district depot . the second dairy farm store was established on nathan road kowloon towards the end of the war in 1918 . amongst other things this store provided fishing boats in hong kong with large amounts of ice . in 1960 dairy farm and lane crawford formed a merged food retailing operations and renamed these supermarkets as dairy lane under dairy lane limited . this joint business was undone by the acquisition of the wellcome chain in 1964 . 3 in 1972 dairy farm was acquired by hong kong land a jardines subsidiary . in 1986 dairy farm was relisted on the hong kong stock exchange after it was demerged from hong kong land . dairy farm acquired a 50 % interest in maxim s at the same time . the 228 outlet 7 eleven convenience store chain in hong kong was acquired in 1989 from jardine matheson . since 1999 dairy farm has continued to expand its footprint by acquiring supermarket and other retail operations in taiwan malaysia singapore and indonesia . notably it also acquired ikea hong kong taiwan in 2002 and began ikea s indonesian operation in 2014 . as of june 2011 dairy farm is 78 % owned by jardine matheson holdings . 4 discontinued operations edit in 1998 dairy farm sold out its 49 % interest in nestl dairy farm set up in 1992 to develop dairy products factories throughout china to nestl ; on the merger of kwik save with somerfield dairy farm sold its 11 % holding for us 290 million . dairy farm acquired 25 % of the no frills kwik save group in 1987 ; sold the 108 store simago chain in spain acquired in 1990 . in march 2000 dairy farm sold its half share in dfi g ant the taiwan hypermarket opened in 1998 back to casino its joint venture partner . in 2001 the company sold the 287 store franklins chain in australia which it acquired in 1978 . its hong kong based distribution business sims trading was sold to citic pacific . in june 2002 the 61 store woolworths chain in new zealand acquired in 1990 was sold for us 337 million . in 2004 the group s hong kong ice manufacturing business which began in 1918 was sold for us 107 million . see also edit the hongs wellcome food world maxim s cold storage jasons market place market place by jasons shop n save giant mannings guardian references edit our offices . dairy farm . retrieved on october 2 2016 . management office 11 f devon house taikoo place 979 king s road quarry bay hong kong address in traditional chinese 979 11 address in simplified chinese 979 11 hong kong hongs with long histories and british connections . retrieved on 2013 01 03 . dairy farm 1886 2006 jardine matheson holdings 2010 annual results external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to dairy farm international holdings . dairy farm international website cold storage guardian hero giant v t e jardine matheson current group companies jardine pacific jardine motors group hongkong land 50 % dairy farm international holdings 78 % jardine lloyd thompson group mandarin oriental 74 % jardine cycle & carriage 70 % astra international former jardine matheson companies jardine matheson & co. 1832 canton insurance office 1836 hong kong fire insurance 1868 shanghai & hong kew wharf co. 1875 china sugar refinery co 1878 indo china steam navigation company ltd. 1881 the hongkong and kowloon wharf and godown company limited 1886 ewo cotton spinning and weaving co. 1895 lombard insurance co. 1895 star ferry 1898 britain and china corporation 1898 hong kong tramways 1904 jardine matheson & co. ltd. 1906 ewo press packing company 1907 ewo cold storage company 1920 ewo cotton mills ltd. 1921 ewo brewery ltd. 1935 jardine matheson & co. east africa ltd 1936 jardine aircraft maintenance company jamco 1946 1950 see hong kong airways minority interests rothschilds continuation holdings 20 % tata power 3 % nt butterfield 4 % asia commercial bank 7 % acleda bank 12 % places jardine house jardine s corner jardine s lookout jardine s bazaar noonday gun yee wo street jardine s bridge matheson street v t e dairy farm international holdings convenience stores 7 eleven starmart discount supermarkets shop n save health and beauty guardian health and glow mannings home furnishings ikea hypermarkets giant shopwise restaurants and catering maxim s supermarkets cold storage food world hero jasons market place lucky market place market place by jasons oliver s the delicatessen rustan s threesixty wellcome retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dairy farm international holdings & oldid 742893403 categories jardine matheson groupdairy products companies of hong kongcompanies formerly listed on the hong kong stock exchangeformer hang seng index constituent stocksdairy farm international holdingsretail companies of hong kongcompanies listed on the london stock exchangecompanies listed on the singapore exchangehidden categories articles containing traditional chinese language textarticles containing simplified chinese language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2013commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 13 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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