12 August 2022
MEDIA STATEMENT – MOOREBANK BAKERY FIRE INCIDENT
Goodman Fielder confirms that at approximately 10pm on Wednesday 10 August, a fire occurred at our Moorebank site on one of our baking lines. Our team members evacuated the site safely and without harm.
Our primary concern was for health and safety of our employees on site and the safety of people in neighbouring facilities. We immediately notified emergency authorities and implemented our emergency response plan including a full evacuation of the site. Fire and Rescue NSW attended the scene and the fire was extinguished early Thursday morning.
Unfortunately, the site sustained considerable damage to our bakery production line, and we are still working through the full extent of the impact.
We are doing everything we can to minimise disruption to our customers and consumers. We are scaling up our baking capacity at our other plants around the country and utilising line haul into NSW. We are also working with third party bakeries for additional support. There will be some shortage of our products on shelf over the next few days, however by the end of next week we expect the supply disruption will be minimal, albeit with a reduced range. We apologise in advance to our customers and consumers for any disruption and inconvenience this may cause.
We are also working with Fire and Rescue NSW and all other relevant authorities to determine the cause of the fire. While that work continues, it is not appropriate to comment further.
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Martin Cole
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