The Kitchen is the in-house agency for Kraft Heinz, with offices in Melbourne, Shanghai, Jakarta, Warsaw, Amsterdam, London, and Santiago. We deliver award-winning creative for some of the world's most loved food brands.
Lactalis Australia is part of the Lactalis Group, a third-generation, family-owned business headquartered in France. Lactalis Group is the world’s largest fresh dairy company with over 250 production sites and 85,000 employees across 90 countries.
In Australia, we source milk from across the country. Our 2,200 employees together create around 1 billion kilograms of dairy products for Australian’s every year. We are incredibly proud of our portfolio of global and Australian brands, such as Pauls, OAK, Ice Break, Tamar Valley Dairy, Vaalia, President, and Galbani. Lactalis Australia has a deep national footprint for growth and prosperity.
Based on solid foundations of family values, passion, and heritage, we continue to support and collaborate with our farmers as we prioritise animal welfare, quality and reliability of supply in our delivery of daily nutritious essentials to our consumers. The dairy industry professionals at Lactalis in conjunction with our farmers,suppliers, and retailers are well equipped to respond to our sector’s sustainability challenges of the future and the expectations of our community.
With a presence in every State and Territory within Australia, we are Lactalis Australia, local and global – we live the #LactalisExperience.
Meredith Dairy is an on-farm enterprise, milking sheep and goats year-round to make specialty cheeses and yoghurts. Our products are sold throughout Australia and exported around the world.
Up until 1990 farming at Meredith focused on beef, prime lamb and wool production. When the reserve price for wool was discontinued in the 1990s, the sheep industry collapsed. To stay viable it was necessary to search for alternative farming systems, in particular, options that involved value-adding primary produce and which offered a sustainable income, irrespective of global commodity prices.
The owners, Sandy & Julie Cameron extensively researched animal husbandry, sheep and goat milk production and cheesemaking techniques. Two years later the Meredith Dairy factory was built on the farm. The farming activities now concentrate on supply of inputs for the dairy animals including growing grains and fodder.
Sandy, a qualified Veterinarian who received his doctorate in philosophy in 1985, has focused his research in sheep & goat reproduction, particularly in year-round production. Ongoing research and development enable continual improvement to farming systems, final products and sustainability