Associated British Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Associated British Foods (LSE: ABF) is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom that owns 9 consumer brands across 3 categories.[1]
Associated British Foods was founded in 1935 by a Canadian who built a British bakery chain, and it is now an unusual mixture: a sugar and ingredients business, a set of grocery brands, and Primark, the clothing retailer that generates most of its profit. The Weston family controls it.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Associated British Foods plc (also ABF)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1935
- Tickers
- LSE: ABF
- Companies House
- 00293262
- Wikidata
- Q764762
- Website
- www.abf.co.uk
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Associated British Foods in numbers
- Associated British Foods owns 9 consumer brands tracked here across 3 top-level categories; the largest is food with 6 brands.[1]
- 2 of its brands originated outside United Kingdom.
Everything Associated British Foods owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Associated British Foods own?
Associated British Foods owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Jordans, Ryvita, Ovaltine, Twinings, Blue Dragon and Kingsmill.
Is Associated British Foods a British company?
Yes. Associated British Foods is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and was founded in 1935.
Who owns Associated British Foods?
Associated British Foods is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as ABF on the LSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Associated British Foods plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Associated British Foods plc, Annual report, published 4 November 2025; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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