Bega Cheese (BGA)

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BGA

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Bega Cheese (BGA) is an Australian company engaged in manufacturing, processing, cutting and packaging cheese products, as well as processing other high value dairy products. The company offers a variety of cheese selection from tasty to vintage cheese, light to full fat, from blocked, sliced to cubed cheeses, and from processed to kids string. Located in Bega Valley, New South Wales, Bega Cheese has five manufacturing sites across NSW and Victoria. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on August 19, 2011.

As the leading supplier of cheese products in the Australian market, Bega Cheese manufactures 20,000 tonnes of bulk cheddar, whey powder and butter per year, and 50,000 tonnes of value-added cheese products including cheddar cheese retail packs and processed cheese products. Twenty per cent of the overall production is exported to more than 50 countries around the world.

Bega Cheese Company History

Bega Cheese was established in 1900 as the Butter Factory. Later in 1944, it changed its name to the Bega Co-operative Society Ltd. The business started its milk production in 1956 followed by the opening of its Canberra branch in 1960 and its Queanbeyan branch in 1975. The business developed its factories, facilities and new varieties of cheese products over the years. In 2001, Bonland Dairies transferred its cheese cutting and packaging operations to Bega Cheese, increasing its production to 40,000 metric tonnes per annum and updating its packaging to rejuvenate the brand. In 2005, Bega Cheese launched “The Magic of Bega” advertising campaign.