s limited type private industry food and beverages predecessor w gregg & co. limited founded 1861 otago founder william gregg headquarters auckland new zealand number of locations auckland wellington christchurch and dunedin owner suntory holdings limited japan number of employees 300 parent cerebos pacific limited website cerebos.co.nz cerebos gregg s is a new zealand food and beverage company best known for their coffee desserts and condiments . the company has been in operation since 1861 1 making it one of new zealand s oldest food companies . the company is now run as part of cerebos greggs ltd. the company employs over 200 people in its two factories . the dunedin north factory has operated on the same site since 1925 ; the east tamaki auckland site was opened in 1972 and now contains the current head office . history edit company founder william gregg emigrated from northern ireland to australia s ballarat gold fields during the 1850s and from there moved to dunedin at the time of the central otago gold rush . there he established w gregg & co with wide ranging food interests but most notably a coffee and spice merchants . gregg s became a limited liability company the 1920s and in 1925 all the gregg s operations were combined in one enterprise in forth street dunedin north a site which still houses the company s coffee processing operations . during the 1930s to 1950s a range of other products were launched including salad dressings and instant puddings . gregg s also launched their first instant coffee in the 1950s the first such product to be made in new zealand . in 1991 gregg s launched granulated coffee under the brand name of red ribbon roast . decaffeinated instant coffee was launched the following year . 2 a 1970 advertisement for gregg s coffee was the first multicultural television advertisement broadcast in new zealand . 3 in 1984 the new zealand arm of international food company cerebos merged with gregg s to form cerebos gregg s limited . in 1990 the company added the robert harris coffee brand to their company 4 and in 2005 atomic coffee roasters was also purchased by the company . 5 references edit gregg w. and co. ltd the cyclopedia of new zealand otago & southland provincial districts 1901 . retrieved 24 may 2009 . gregg s brand history new zealand identity part i on disc a moving image resource for new zealand classrooms new zealand film archive . retrieved 24 may 2009 . cerebos gregg s history inder richard 12 july 2005 . atomic spills the beans . the new zealand herald . retrieved 2 october 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gregg % 27s new zealand & oldid 726242269 categories food and drink companies of new zealandprivately held companies of new zealandnew zealand brandsmanufacturing companies based in aucklandhidden 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 20 june 2016 at 23 28 . 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