and/or
Peters Ice Cream factory in
Taree Petersville was founded in 1961 when Edgell and
Peters Ice Cream merged. In May 1981,
H.C. Sleigh Co. launched a successful
takeover offer and rebranded the company Petersville Sleigh. In 1982, it was taken over by the
Adelaide Steamship Company. In October 1991 it was purchased by
Pacific Dunlop. Some of the foods it produced or distributed were:
ice cream,
yogurt,
cheese,
butter and imported cheeses. Its head office (now Nestle Australia's) was in Wellington Road,
Mulgrave, Victoria, which was itself known as Petersville. Among its brand names were
Peters Ice Cream,
Four'n Twenty, Edgell and
Birds Eye. Petersville had dairy production plants at
Warragul,
Trafalgar and
Yarragon in
Victoria and at
Orange,
Taree and
Grafton in
New South Wales. The Warragul dairy production plant ceased production in the 1990's and caught fire on the 17th of April, 2026 ==References==