Pioneer Foods Group Limited is one of the largest South African producers and distributors of a range of branded food and beverage products. The Group operates mainly across South Africa, providing wholesale, retail, and informal trade customers with products of a consistently high standard.

In March 2020, Pioneer Foods became a subsidiary of PepsiCo. The company operates in South Africa as well as two other African countries and exports a number of its brands globally.

The Group has three main divisions:

• Essential Foods: Manufactures wheat and maize products, trades in rice, beans, lentils, and dried vegetables, and has large bakery operations.

• Groceries: Produces cereals, rusks, biscuits, cake mixes, baking aids, instant mash potatoes, dried fruit products, nuts, spreads, dehydrated vegetables, processed salads, fruit juices, carbonated soft drinks, and fruit concentrate mixtures.

• Pioneer Foods International joint ventures: The group’s substantial stake in Heinz Foods SA, which produces tomato sauces and ketchup, frozen foods, seafood-tinned products, tinned food, instant meals, and noodles

For moms around the world, Pioneer Foods is the food and beverage company that develops and delivers products that help them and their families realize their full potential.