private company industry food manufacturing fate taken over by goodman fielder brand retained founded 17 december 1954 defunct 3 july 2006 headquarters auckland new zealand products dairy website www.meadowfresh.co.nz meadow fresh nz ltd formed as the result of a brand swap in september 2005 between new zealand dairy foods ltd and new zealand milk a now defunct fonterra subsidiary . 1 the two companies that emerged from the swap were fonterra brands new zealand limited formerly known as new zealand milk wholly owned by fonterra . mainland products limited mpl which became meadow fresh nz ltd. from 31 october 2005 owned by graeme hart . meadow fresh was subsequently sold to goodman fielder in connection with the ipo of that company . on 3 july 2006 meadow fresh nz ltd top hat convenience foods ltd and goodman fielder new zealand ltd amalgamated to become goodman fielder new zealand ltd. contents 1 meadow fresh nz ltd 2 glass milk bottles 3 distribution 4 production 5 references meadow fresh nz ltd edit meadow fresh manufactures and distributes dairy products under these brands meadow fresh fresh and uht milk ; meadow fresh yoghurt ; tararua cultured ; bouton d or chesdale ornelle puhoi valley cheese meadow fresh also have distribution arrangements for fonterra brands products through its route food service . glass milk bottles edit meadow fresh was the last company in new zealand to produce milk in glass bottles . on 30 november 2005 production of glass bottled milk at their christchurch production plant ceased ending this era . 2 distribution edit meadow fresh outsource a fleet of chilled linehaul trucks to distribute products to supermarkets milkies and route trade vans . meadow fresh milkies distribute fresh milk to some homes and businesses throughout new zealand . meadow fresh route trade salespeople distribute the company s products via a network of chiller trucks . by walk . production edit the company has factories as follows blenheim road christchurch milk and beverages longburn palmerston north milk cultured foods puhoi valley specialty cheese and has procurement rights for cheese at eltham taranaki block cheddar references edit andrea fox 13 august 2005 . behind the milk froth . the new zealand herald . retrieved 11 september 2011 . kiwis farewell the glass milk bottle . television new zealand . 30 november 2005 . retrieved 11 september 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meadow fresh & oldid 728859253 categories catering and food service companies of new zealandnew zealand brandsgoodman fielder brandshidden categories use new zealand english from august 2015all wikipedia articles written in new zealand englishuse dmy dates from january 2012 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 8 july 2016 at 04 05 . 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