Mondelez/Cadbury is pulling out of Dunedin


Thursday, 16 February, 2017

In spite of investing $80 million in its Dunedin Cadbury factory over the last 10 years, Mondelez International has announced it plans to close the factory and transfer most of its production to Australia. It is anticipated that 250 jobs will be lost this year with a further 100 going in 2018.

The Dunedin factory is located in the heart of the town and its Cadbury World is one of the region’s largest tourist attractions, attracting around 110,000 visitors each year. Mondelez claims it wants to work with the local community to support Dunedin’s growing sector through an investment in the Cadbury World redevelopment and will look to partner with a private operator to continue to run Cadbury World into the future.

Mondelez may contract other NZ confectionery manufacturers to make Pineapple Lumps, Jaffas and several other particularly NZ-centric products.

Related News

Tajima Australian Grainfed Wagyu wins at beef awards in Qld

Tajima Australian Grainfed Wagyu has earned two prestigious medals at the 2025 Royal Queensland...

FoodTech Qld 2025 announces conference speakers

FoodTech Qld 2025 has announced its conference line-up, which includes expert speakers on food...

CBS Foodtech to supply KRONEN machinery in Australia

CBS Foodtech has announced it will now be supplying KRONEN machinery to the Australian food...


  • All content Copyright © 2025 Westwick-Farrow Pty Ltd