Hart family’s Walter & Wild keeps Hansells afloat

Hart family’s Walter & Wild keeps Hansells afloat
Alan Stewart was the sole director of Hansells Masterton before it entered receivership. (Image: NZME)
Gregor Thompson
A Hart family-owned food firm has taken control of a company it tipped into receivership two months ago.Based in the Wairarapa region, Hansells Masterton is a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturing business set up in 1934. It also owns the Horleys sports nutrition brand and licenses the Hansells brand.Walter & Wild is a separate FMCG company that acquired the Hansells Food Group during its formation in 2018 and formerly contracted manufacturing from Hansells Masterton. It is 67% owned by Graeme Hart, one of New Zealand’s weal...

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