Comparison Overview

Pioneer Foods

VS

GoTo Foods

Pioneer Foods

Last Update: 2025-05-06 (UTC)
Between 900 and 1000

Excellent

Originally established in 1997, Pioneer Foods is now one of the largest listed FMCG Companies in South Africa, producing and distributing a broad range of branded foods and beverages. In 2008 we were listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Mainly operating in SA, we provide wholesale, retail and informal trade customers with wholesome, high quality products. As well as export our goods to more than 60 countries around the globe. With our people-come-first approach to everything we do and commitment to excellence, our range of products has grown to include some of the most beloved brands, such as WEET-BIX, Liqui-Fruit, Ceres, SASKO, Safari, Spekko and White Star Super Maize Meal. Today, we have three main divisions: Essential Foods, home to our wheat and maize products, pasta, rice, beans and other dried vegetables, plus a large bakery. Groceries, where we produce breakfast cereals, rusks, cake mixes, baking aids, dried fruit products, nuts, sweet and savoury spreads, processed salads, long-life fruit juices, and more. And International, which is primarily structured around an export business model that is managed across two channels, Africa and Rest of the World. Our fruit business also operates from this division, and our Bokomo Foods UK business.

NAICS: 722
NAICS Definition: Food Services and Drinking Places
Employees: 5,001-10,000
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

GoTo Foods

5620 Glenridge Drive, None, Atlanta, GA, US, 30342
Last Update: 2025-07-26 (UTC)

Excellent

Between 900 and 1000

Atlanta-based platform company GoTo Foods (formerly known as Focus Brands) is a leading developer of global multi-channel foodservice brands. As of June 30, 2025, GoTo Foods, through its affiliate brands, is the franchisor and operator of over 6,900 restaurants, cafes, ice cream shoppes and bakeries in all 50 states and over 65 countries and territories under the Auntie Anne’s®, Carvel®, Cinnabon®, Jamba®, Moe’s Southwest Grill®, McAlister’s Deli® and Schlotzsky’s® brand names, as well as the Seattle’s Best Coffee® brand on certain military bases and in certain international markets. The iconic GoTo Foods brands benefit from strong enterprise growth engines, including marketing, digital, technology and franchise sales & development to propel growth and brand performance. Please visit www.gotofoods.com and connect with us on LinkedIn to learn more. GoTo Foods is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®, the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition, and the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience for the second consecutive year. At GoTo Foods, we believe our people are our greatest asset. We foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and growth, providing opportunities for every associate to develop their skills and thrive as part of a supportive team. Together, we’re powering our brands with the passion of our people—and we invite you to be a part of it. We welcome open dialogue and constructive feedback on this page. However, we reserve the right to hide or remove comments that are off-topic, repetitive or violate LinkedIn’s community guidelines. To maintain a respectful and productive space, we ask that all participants engage in good faith. For inquiries related to specific policies, please visit GoToFoods.com or contact our team directly at [email protected]

NAICS: 722
NAICS Definition: Food Services and Drinking Places
Employees: 18,538
Subsidiaries: 7
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Pioneer Foods
ISO 27001
Not verified
SOC 2
Not verified
GDPR
No public badge
PCI DSS
No public badge
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GoTo Foods
ISO 27001
Not verified
SOC 2
Not verified
GDPR
No public badge
PCI DSS
No public badge
Compliance Summary
Pioneer Foods
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
GoTo Foods
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Food and Beverage Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Pioneer Foods in 2025.

Incidents vs Food and Beverage Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for GoTo Foods in 2025.

Incident History — Pioneer Foods (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Pioneer Foods cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — GoTo Foods (X = Date, Y = Severity)

GoTo Foods cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Pioneer Foods
Incidents

No Incident

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GoTo Foods
Incidents

Date Detected: 4/2019
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized code
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 4/2019
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized code (likely malware or skimming)
Motivation: Financial gain (payment card data theft)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Both Pioneer Foods company and GoTo Foods company demonstrate a comparable AI risk posture, with strong governance and monitoring frameworks in place.

GoTo Foods company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Pioneer Foods company has not reported any.

In the current year, GoTo Foods company and Pioneer Foods company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither GoTo Foods company nor Pioneer Foods company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

GoTo Foods company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Pioneer Foods company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither GoTo Foods company nor Pioneer Foods company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Pioneer Foods company nor GoTo Foods company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

GoTo Foods company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Pioneer Foods company.

GoTo Foods company employs more people globally than Pioneer Foods company, reflecting its scale as a Food and Beverage Services.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

go-witness and witness are Go modules for generating attestations. In go-witness versions 0.8.6 and earlier and witness versions 0.9.2 and earlier the AWS attestor improperly verifies AWS EC2 instance identity documents. Verification can incorrectly succeed when a signature is not present or is empty, and when RSA signature verification fails. The attestor also embeds a single legacy global AWS public certificate and does not account for newer region specific certificates issued in 2024, making detection of forged documents difficult without additional trusted region data. An attacker able to supply or intercept instance identity document data (such as through Instance Metadata Service impersonation) can cause a forged identity document to be accepted, leading to incorrect trust decisions based on the attestation. This is fixed in go-witness 0.9.1 and witness 0.10.1. As a workaround, manually verify the included identity document, signature, and public key with standard tools (for example openssl) following AWS’s verification guidance, or disable use of the AWS attestor until upgraded.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.6. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description

A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, macOS Ventura 13.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, iPadOS 17.7.9. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

The issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Description

The issue was resolved by not loading remote images This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6. Forwarding an email could display remote images in Mail in Lockdown Mode.