Description Some companies might claim to be the best thing since sliced bread, but Associated British Foods (ABF) "is" sliced bread. ABF, which introduced sliced bread in the UK during the 1930s, makes and markets baked goods under the Allinson and Tip Top brands. It also serves up a plateful of snacks, including Ryvita crispbread and Twinings tea. The company's British Sugar subsidiary produces Silver Spoon (retail) sugar; other divisions churn out food and pharmaceutical ingredients, spices, specialty oils, and animal feed. ABF's businesses reach beyond food, too. It owns the Primark retail clothing stores in the UK, Germany, Belgium the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. The company operates in 44 countries worldwide.
Associated British Foods has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Associated British Foods employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 90% of employees would recommend working at Associated British Foods to a friend. This is based on 121 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
66% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Associated British Foods as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Associated British Foods.