SunRice

Ricegrowers Limited
Company typePublic
ASXSGLLV
IndustryFood and Beverage Manufacturing
Founded1950[1]
FounderNSW Rice farmers[1]
HeadquartersLeeton, Australia
Key people
Laurie Arthur, Chairman
Paul Serra, CEO
ProductsBulk Rice, Rice Products
Increase A$1.6 billion (2023)
Number of employees
2000+[2]
Websitewww.sunrice.com.au

SunRice is the consumer brand and trading name of Ricegrowers Limited, which is one of the largest rice food companies in the world and one of Australia's leading branded food exporters.[3] In the 2023 Financial Year, the company recorded revenue of A$1.6 billion and Net Profit After Tax of A$54.8 million.[3]

The SunRice Group comprises multiple businesses, assets and operations across Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, the United States, the Pacific Islands and Asia.[3] It has around 35 major brands in approximately 50 global markets and employs over 2,000 people.[3]

Australian rice production is based in regional southern New South Wales. The company's head office is located in Leeton (with a corporate office also in Sydney), and it has rice mills in Leeton, Deniliquin, and Coleambally. SunRice also operates stockfeed plants in Leeton, Tongala and Cobden.[4]

In 2020, the SunRice Group celebrated its 70th anniversary. In the same year, its CopRice business converted the Coleambally Mill into a ruminant feed mill, the largest of its kind in Australia.[5]

Today, the SunRice Group has operations across Australia, the USA, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Japan, Jordan, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.[6]

  1. ^ a b "About SunRice". SunRice Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d SunRice Group (22 June 2023). Annual Report 2023 (PDF). pp. 1–11.
  4. ^ Coates, Jessica (23 October 2017). "Local rice industry on the national stage". The Irrigator. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Our 70th Anniversary". SunRice. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ SunRice Group (26 July 2022). "Investor Presentation" (PDF). www.sunrice.com.au. Retrieved 16 January 2018.