Tip Top is an ice cream brand founded in 1936 in Wellington, New Zealand, and now owned by the UK-based Froneri (a joint venture between PAI Partners and Nestlé).[1] It was formerly known as Fonterra Brands (Tip Top) Ltd, a subsidiary of the Fonterra Co-operative Group based in Auckland, New Zealand.[2]
History
In 1936 Albert Hayman and Len Malaghan opened their first ice cream parlour in Manners Street, Wellington, followed in the same year by two more milk bars, one in Wellington and one in Dunedin. The Tip Top Ice Cream Company was registered as a manufacturing company in 1936.[3]