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Mr. Chips

Potato wedges

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Mr Chips is a leading processor of potatoes in New Zealand and Australia, making over 25,000 tonnes of frozen and chilled french fries and potato products annually.   For more than 30 years, the Mr. Chips brand has been a recognisable and popular brand in New Zealand.   The company was publicly listed in New Zealand until October 2008, when the company was taken over by Simplot.

In 2013 Simplot Australia announced the proposed sale of their shares in Mr. Chips to the Balle Bros Group.

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 Balle Bros Group
August 27, 2013

New Zealand supplier buys Mr Chips

More details have come out in the sale of Mr Chips by Simplot to New Zealand's Balle Bros, first reported by PotatoPro on August 18.
 Simplot Australia
August 18, 2013

Simplot Australia sells stake in NZ potato processor Mr Chips

Simplot Australia has announced that it entered into a conditional agreement to sell its shareholding in its New Zealand-based potato manufacturing and distribution business, Simplot Mr Chips Limited, to the Auckland based Balle Bros Group Limited.
 The Chip Group
July 02, 2009

New Zealand Chip (French Fries) Shop Competition Is On Again

The search for New Zealand’s top chip shop kicks off this month, with registrations opening for shops wanting to take part in the ‘That’s Life! Best Chip Shop Competition 2009’. This year, competing shops can gain extra points in the Competition if at ...
 Mr Chips
July 11, 2008

Simplot Launches Full Takeover Offer For Mr Chips

Potato chip maker Mr Chips has received a full takeover offer from Simplot Australia. The offer, conditional on a satisfactory report by Grant Samuel &Associates, was for $2.643 per Mr Chips share, and an entitlement to retain a cash dividend of ...