Founded in 1983, Cookie Time Group is an iconic family owned New Zealand business. Entrepreneurial and innovation-led, it has a portfolio of treat, snack and functional foods. These include New Zealand’s favourite Cookie Time cookies and Christmas Cookies; Bumper Bars; and One Square Meal All Terrain and Everyday Nutrition Bars and Bites – patented as first in a new class of nutritionally balanced food and beverage. The business includes both domestic and international operations, retail and eCommerce. The Japan market is a key focus, with a sister flagship Cookie Time Cookie Bar in Harajuku. The Japan team are focused on taking popular NZ snacks into online, convenience, and grocery channels - show casing brands like Tom and Luke alongside its own. Giving back is important to Cookie Time, through the Cookie Time Charitable Trust www.ctct.org.nz – established in 2003 to help New Zealand kids discover their gifts. Since then, over $2 million has been raised to support initiatives across three target areas: innovation in learning, thinking differently and physical pursuits. Strategic partnerships have been forged with Dyslexia Foundation of NZ, Kids Can, and St John.