
Champion has a history in milling that dates back more than 160 years.
Waitemata Flour Mill is built in Riverhead, Auckland
1856
Charles Cocks builds a flour mill in Toowoomba, QLD Australia
1864
Operations move from Waitemata to Fort Street under Auckland Roller Flour Mills
1888
D.H Brown Ltd Roller Mills operating in Christchurch, New Zealand
1890
Auckland Roller Flour Mills is renamed to Northern Roller Mills
1899
The Toowoomba mill is acquired by the later known Defiance Milling Company
1901
Thorpes, Munco Scott, and Keys & Co. merge Australian operations to form Allied Mills
1949
D.H. Brown Ltd Roller Mills acquired by Ireland Group
1950
Allied Mills acquires the Kensington Flour Mill
1981
Goodman Fielder is formed as they acquire Allied Mills. In New Zealand, they commence acquisition of several sites including those of Northern Roller Mills
1986
Ireland Group acquired by Defiance Flour Milling Company
1987
Defiance Flour assets acquired by Goodman Fielder across Australia & New Zealand
1997
GrainCorp and Cargill acquire Allied Mills from Goodman Fielder
2002
Nisshin Seifun Group acquires Champion Flour Milling from Goodman Fielder
2013
Allied Mills is purchased by Pacific Equity Partners and merged with Pinnacle Bakeries to form Allied Pinnacle
2017
Nisshin Seifun Group acquires Allied Pinnacle, joining Champion Flour Milling to further establish their footprint in the Oceania region
2019