Revamped Fonterra to be ‘more capital-efficient’
Fonterra chair Peter McBride says the divestment of Mainland Group is their last significant asset sale and signals the end of structural changes.
Ousted Fonterra director Blue Read says he is disappointed.
However, he "fully respects" the decision made by farmers.
"I was pleased with the support from farmers but not from the milk solids," he told Dairy News online.
Read was voted off by farmers in the co-op's director elections; Te Awamutu farmer and former National Foods chief executive Ashley Waugh is the new board member.
Chairman John Wilson and director Nicola Shadbolt were returned by shareholders.
Waugh joins the board at Fonterra's annual meeting in Waitoa today.
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Third-generation Ashburton dairy farmers TJ and Mark Stewart are no strangers to adapting and evolving.
When American retail giant Cosco came to audit Open Country Dairy’s new butter plant at the Waharoa site and give the green light to supply their American stores, they allowed themselves a week for the exercise.
Fonterra chair Peter McBride says the divestment of Mainland Group is their last significant asset sale and signals the end of structural changes.