Editing Vegemite (section)

===Recent years===
In April 1984, a {{convert|115|g|adj=on}} jar of Vegemite became the first product in Australia to be electronically [[Barcode reader|scanned]] at a [[Point of sale|checkout]].<ref name="100gi"/><ref name="Story"/>

Vegemite is produced in Australia at its [[Port Melbourne]] manufacturing facility, which produces more than 22 million jars annually. Virtually unchanged from Callister's original recipe, Vegemite now far outsells Marmite and other similar spreads in Australia. The billionth jar of Vegemite was produced in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24449523-953,00.html |agency=AAP |title=Vegemite produces billionth jar |first=Winston |last=Tan |date=5 October 2008 |access-date=6 October 2008 |archive-date=8 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008104002/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24449523-953,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Vegemite was also produced in New Zealand for over 50 years, but as of August 2006 production had ceased. The [[Marmite (New Zealand)|New Zealand version of Marmite]] remains successful there.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/australians/5/4 |title=New Zealanders take to Vegemite |author=John Wilson |encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |date=4 March 2009 |access-date=26 April 2011 |archive-date=22 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522171630/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/australians/5/4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10793281 |title='Marmageddon': There's always Vegemite, says PM |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=19 February 2014 |quote=Mr Key told ''Firstline'' this morning that he also likes the Australian-made rival Vegemite. |archive-date=11 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111023256/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10793281 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vegemite.com.au/Pages/vegemite-faqs.aspx |title=Vegemite FAQs |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126183329/http://www.vegemite.com.au/Pages/vegemite-faqs.aspx |archive-date=26 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marmite.co.nz/home-page/faqs |title=Marmite FAQs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829214640/http://www.marmite.co.nz/home-page/faqs |archive-date=29 August 2006 |access-date=31 January 2015 |url-status=live |quote='Are Marmite and Vegemite both made in NZ?' They used to be – Vegemite recently pulled out of NZ and have gone back home to Australia where they belong. Marmite was not only the first, but is also the ONLY yeast spread made in New Zealand. }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.marmite.co.nz/home-page/fact-or-fiction |title=Marmite Fact or Fiction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829215322/http://www.marmite.co.nz/home-page/fact-or-fiction |archive-date=29 August 2006 |access-date=31 January 2015 |url-status=dead |quote=...Vegemite first came to us from Australia and they even made it here for a while. But as you can see from their packaging, they have buzzed back home to Australia.}}</ref>

====Acquisition by Bega Cheese====

The Vegemite brand was owned by [[Mondelez International]] (formerly [[Kraft Foods Inc.]] until 2012)<ref name="Story">{{cite web|url=http://www.kraftbrands.com/kraftvegemite/Pages/the-vegemite-story.aspx|title=The Vegemite Story|publisher=Kraft Foods|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319054956/http://www.kraftbrands.com/kraftvegemite/Pages/the-vegemite-story.aspx|archivedate=19 March 2012}}</ref> until January 2017, when it was acquired by the Australian [[Bega Group]] in a US$460,000,000 agreement for full Australian ownership after Bega would buy most of Mondelez International's Australia and New Zealand grocery and cheese business.<ref name=bega>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-19/bega-buys-vegemite-mondelez/8193268|title=Vegemite bought by Bega from US food giant Mondelez International – ABC Rural|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] News|date=19 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222454/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-19/bega-buys-vegemite-mondelez/8193268|url-status=live}}</ref>