Who owns Bostock's?
Bostock's is owned by Inghams (Australia, ASX: ING), which has owned the brand since 1 July 2024.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Inghams Group Limited FY26 Appendix 4E and Full Year Financial Report, 21 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Inghams Group Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Macquarie Park
- Origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Founded
- 2014 by Ben Bostock
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Parent ticker
- ASX: ING
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bostock's
Bostock's is an organic free-range chicken brand from Hawke's Bay, where Ben Bostock started New Zealand's only organic free-range poultry farm on his family's organic apple orchard in 2014, joined by his brother George two years later. Inghams bought Bostock Brothers Limited on 1 July 2024 for 34.4 million New Zealand dollars, including land.
Ownership timeline of Bostock's
Where Bostock's sits in Inghams
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Inghams
Inghams controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Ingham's (1918)
- Marion Bay
- Waitoa
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 60 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6; Inghams has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Doux | LDC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Assilah | MHP | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Sopraval | Agrosuper | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Kaišiadorių Paukštynas | Akola Group | 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
| Pollo Indio | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Friboi | JBS | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mr. Chancho | Pronaca | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Dalnie Dali | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
About the owner: Inghams
Inghams is a publicly listed company headquartered in Macquarie Park, Australia, founded in 1918. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as ASX: ING.
Inghams is the largest integrated poultry producer in Australia and New Zealand, founded as a family business by Walter Ingham in Liverpool, New South Wales, in 1918. TPG Capital bought it in 2013 and listed it on the ASX in 2016, selling its last shares in August 2020. It also makes turkey and stockfeed and has operated in New Zealand since 1990.
🇳🇿 Bostock's and other New Zealand brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 76 brands that began in New Zealand. 20 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bostock's among them.
- Anchor — Lactalis 🇫🇷
- Anchor Food Professionals — Fonterra 🇳🇿
- Comvita — Comvita 🇳🇿
- Regal Marlborough King Salmon — NZ King Salmon 🇳🇿
- Westland — Yili 🇨🇳
- Zespri — Zespri 🇳🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bostock's?
The parent company of Bostock's is Inghams, a publicly listed company headquartered in Australia.
Is Bostock's New Zealand or Australian?
Bostock's originated in New Zealand in 2014, but it is owned today by Inghams, which is headquartered in Australia. So Bostock's is a New Zealand-origin brand under Australian ownership.
Since when has Inghams owned Bostock's?
Inghams has owned Bostock's since 1 July 2024.
Is Bostock's still owned by Inghams?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Bostock's is still owned by Inghams. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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] Inghams Group Limited FY26 Appendix 4E and Full Year Financial Report — Inghams Group Limited, Annual report, published 21 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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