Emerald Foods adds Movenpick to Aussie arm

Emerald has acquired the master franchise rights for the Australian Movenpick parlour network. Photo / Supplied

A New Zealand icecream manufacturer has added Mövenpick parlours to the Australian arm of its business after acquiring the master franchise rights for the network from Peters Ice Cream.

The New Zealand arm of Emerald Foods represents Mövenpick in New Zealand.

Emerald Foods brands include New Zealand Natural, Killinchy Gold, Chateau, Zilch and Like Licks.

"Our business has a true passion for icecream," said Damian Isbister, executive director of Emerald Foods (Australia).

"Our company already enjoys a wonderful relationship with Mövenpick as their representative in the New Zealand market, where we operate a number of very successful Mövenpick parlours," Isbister said.

"When you combine the 22 Mövenpick parlours in Australia with our existing network of 75 New Zealand Natural and Mövenpick parlours, we are probably delivering more smiles than any other icecream parlour operator in Australia, which has to be a good thing," he said.