Modern slavery statement
Weetabix Limited –
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
Introduction
This statement is made by Weetabix Limited (Weetabix) for itself, its subsidiaries and its UK parent companies, Westminster Acquisition Limited (WAL) and Westminster U.K. Holdings Limited (Holdings) (Weetabix, WAL and Holdings, together defined as Group). Our ultimate parent company is Post Holdings, Inc. (Post Holdings). Post Holdings has its head office in the USA.
This statement made in accordance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the MSA) and covers the financial year from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
Weetabix and Group companies strive to do things in the right way and we recognise our responsibility to be aware of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking. It continues to be a priority for Weetabix to ensure that we trade ethically, source responsibly and work to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking throughout the Group and in our supply chain.
Organisational Structure
Weetabix manufacturers breakfast cereal and other cereal based food products within the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector. Our production sites in Northamptonshire and Deeside currently export to over 80 countries around the world.
People
We employ around 1,201 staff members internationally, with the majority based within the UK, undertaking a range of roles including marketing, sales, manufacturing, finance, IT, HR, compliance and export. We also have distribution relationships globally.
We use agency labour in our UK manufacturing sites, which is sourced through reputable recruitment agencies. We also have third party suppliers on site who provide contractors. We outsource certain services where specific expertise may be required, such as engineering support, site maintenance and logistics. Appropriate right to work checks are conducted in partnership with those agencies.
Product
All wheat for our Weetabix original range is sourced within 50 miles of our Burton Latimer production units by our Weetabix Growers Group, which is formed of around 120 approved growers dedicated to best practice and responsible production Over 80% of our Weetabix Growers Group have been supplying us with wheat for more than five years.
We continue to work with other supply chain bodies to ensure our ingredients are supplied to recognised sustainability standards. All cocoa that we source is 100% Rainforest Alliance certified sustainable cocoa. We have also maintained our Roundtable on Responsible Palm Oil (RSPO) certification.
To find out more about what we do, please go to https://www.weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk.
Direct and indirect suppliers
Within our contracted direct supply chain, there are 44 different raw material and co managed suppliers, 20 contracted packaging suppliers and 5 co-manufacturing suppliers. Our indirect supply chain currently consists of 607 active suppliers.
Relevant Policies and Contracts
We aim to have appropriate policies in place that underpin our commitment to ensure that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. We continuously review and update all our policies.
To reinforce our commitment to combating slavery and trafficking, the following policies set out our zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, both within our own operations and our supply chain:
(a) Our Ethical Trading Policy applies to all our operations and those in our supply chain. This Policy makes specific reference to our zero-tolerance stance on modern slavery and was last updated in 2026.
(b) We have a robust supplier set up process when engaging with new suppliers, contractors and business partners, to ensure they are aware of and will adhere to our Ethical Trading Policy, and to assess the likelihood of slavery or trafficking existing in those organisations and what measures are already in place to combat those risks. We continuously strive for further process efficiency in pursuit of Operational Excellence as part of the Weetabix Strategy.
(c) Our supplier contracts contain comprehensive Anti-Slavery clauses, and we have framework agreements or terms & conditions in place with 100% (measured against spend) of our direct raw materials and packaging suppliers.
(d) Our internal Anti-Slavery Policy is available on our intranet and applies to all those working for us or on our behalf (and which includes contractors and agency workers).
(e) We have a Whistleblowing Policy in place and a Speak Up Line, which is available to all employees, customers, agency workers or contractors. The Speak Up Line is advertised on posters in all places of work (offices and manufacturing facilities) and it is administered by an independent third party, with investigations carried out by an independent internal team.
(f) Post Holdings launched a global Code of Conduct in 2018 which applies to the Group. This Code provides support to our employees in making day to day ethical decisions, which includes modern slavery and human rights. Our office based staff in the UK and overseas are required to complete Ethics and Code of Conduct training annually.
(g) Post Holdings’ Global Ethics & Compliance team promptly and thoroughly investigates any report that may indicate human rights violations and will contact the appropriate authorities when necessary.
(h) We operate a due diligence tool aimed specifically at combatting money laundering and breach of US trade sanctions within our supply chain. This tool identifies any risks of transacting with a supplier and one measure is the existence of comprehensive Anti-Slavery clauses, which is used by Weetabix and all subsidiaries.
Risk assessment processes
We have considered the risk of modern slavery in our own operations, and we have concluded that, on the basis that we are a UK employer subject to UK employment protections and practices and already have well developed checks and balances within our business, we have a low risk of modern slavery occurring in our own operations.
We recognise our highest exposure to modern slavery risk is through our supply chain, and we take a robust and thorough approach to ethical and sustainable procurement. Our direct suppliers, which fall into the categories below, adhere to the Weetabix Standards. These include a requirement to abide by the Ethical Trading Policy or have equivalent policies in place, and they are strongly encouraged to consider membership of Sedex, the global organisation that helps businesses share responsible sourcing data on supply chains:
• Suppliers of Ingredients to Weetabix
• Suppliers of Packaging Materials to Weetabix
• Those involved in the co-manufacturing, co-packing and licensed manufacture of Weetabix brands.
We have carried out a review of our direct supply chain and have concluded that the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking are low. However, we acknowledge that we must remain vigilant to the risks and ensure that our suppliers understand and play their part in ensuring that modern slavery and human trafficking does not take place in our organisation or in our supply chains. This message is reiterated to our suppliers via our supplier assessment and relationship management programme. At the time of publication of our latest Sustainability Report, all ingredient suppliers have signed up to our updated procurement standard, or have equivalent policies in place.
We have considered the risk of modern slavery occurring in our use of external labour via employment agencies and our direct suppliers. Given the organisations that we work with also have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, and the existing checks and balances that we apply in these areas, we have concluded that the risks of modern slavery are low in this area.
Due diligence processes
In order to prevent slavery and trafficking in our business and supply chains, we have taken steps to update and improve our supplier due diligence process with terms and conditions in place with suitably robust Anti-Slavery clauses. For certain of our procurement activities, a competitive tender process is required, and which requires at the pre qualification questionnaire stage that any potential supplier is compliant with the MSA before the organisation can progress to the next stage of the procurement process. Compliance with applicable law is part of our scoring criteria and is mandatory.
Our standard non-disclosure agreement also includes an undertaking that any potential entity with whom we might work will also comply with the MSA.
Training
All staff are required to complete mandatory training on modern slavery and ethical compliance. To raise awareness of slavery and trafficking, and of our policies and procedures, we have an established induction and continuous learning approach to training employees in this area using our Learning Management System “Weetalearn” platform.
We have dedicated compliance modules covering key compliance areas, including Anti-Slavery, Anti bribery, Ethics and Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct training runs annually for all graded employees.
Measuring effectiveness – performance indicators
In order to monitor the effectiveness of the steps we have taken to stop slavery and trafficking taking place in our business and supply chains, we will use the following performance indicators for the financial year ahead:
• Completion rates for the mandatory Code of Conduct training completed by office-based staff. In 2025 completion rates were 91%.
• Monitor and categorise concerns reported to us (either via our Speak Up line or any other channel). Since inception in 2018, no concerns have been reported in relation to modern slavery and/or human trafficking.
• Ensure that we continue to have terms and conditions in place with our direct and indirect supply chain that require MSA compliance as a key term.
• Continually review and, where necessary, update our processes for appointing potential supply chain providers.
As referenced in this statement, we will monitor the need for further action to be taken and other key performance indicators to be implemented as we continue our risk assessment and due diligence activities.
This statement has been approved by the Weetabix board of directors who review this statement and update it annually.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Directors by Colm O’Dwyer, Managing Director
April 2026