Park 100 Foods

What Park 100 Foods does

Park 100 Foods is a US-based, custom kettle-cooked food manufacturer founded in 1976 and headquartered in Tipton, Indiana, operating as a subsidiary of OSI Group following its October 2024 acquisition. The company develops and produces custom-branded frozen soups, sauces, chili, sides, gravies, fruit toppings, dips, entrees, custards, pie fillings, and macaroni & cheese for food service operators, national restaurant chains, retail operations, and institutional customers (including healthcare, military, and health-and-wellness end-markets). Its core technology is small-batch kettle cooking — with minimum batch sizes of 2,500-5,000 lbs — delivered across four USDA, HACCP, and GFSI-SQF certified facilities in Tipton, Kokomo, and Morristown, Indiana and Fort Worth, Texas, totaling more than 250,000 square feet of process space, plus a pilot facility for limited-time offerings and regionalized runs. Packaging is primarily boil-in-the-bag format ranging from 1 lb to 8 lb, with quick-freeze capability at the Kokomo plant.

The company's go-to-market is sales-led B2B, built around R&D partnerships in which a culinary team of 8 chefs and 1 food scientist visits client operations to study equipment, staffing, and customer base, then translates gold-standard recipes into scalable manufacturing formulas. Park 100 waives R&D fees when it is the ultimate processor of the developed product, and offers separate fee schedules for R&D-only engagements. Pricing is quote-based and varies by batch size, ingredient specification, and client requirements; revenue is generated through processing fees, recipe development, and long-term production contracts with brand-positioning food companies. Customers benefit from batch-to-batch consistency, food safety compliance, labor reallocation, and signature branded products — especially relevant for chains in early growth stages. No public pricing, customer logos, or revenue figures are disclosed, and no AI/ML or digital platform layer is indicated in the data.

Following the October 2024 acquisition by OSI Group — described as OSI's largest acquisition to date — Park 100 Foods continues to operate under its existing brand from its four facilities, with active hiring, an open application portal, and ongoing investment in certifications (USDA, Organic, Military, FDA FSMA, Seafood HACCP, Acidified & Shelf-Stable). The company's stated market positioning is as the No. 1 custom kettle-cooked food manufacturer in the nation, with products distributed worldwide.

Name

Park 100 Foods

Legal name

Park 100 Foods, Inc.

Website

https://park100foods.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Park 100 Foods is a US custom kettle-cooked food manufacturer (founded 1976) producing frozen soups, sauces, chili, sides, and related products for food service operators, national restaurant chains, retail, and institutional customers across four USDA/HACCP/SQF-certified facilities in Indiana and Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Frozen Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Snacks & Appetizers (CRADADAD)

Keywords

• Custom food manufacturing
• Kettle-cooked soups
• Frozen food production
• Private label sauces
• Foodservice contract manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tipton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Food Manufacturing: B2B custom food manufacturing for food service operators, retail, and institutional operations. Revenue generated from processing fees, recipe development services, and long-term production contracts with brand-positioning food companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Park 100 Foods is a B2B custom kettle-cooked frozen food manufacturer that develops and produces soups, sauces, chili, sides, gravies, fruit toppings, dips, entrees, custards, and pie fillings for food service operators, national restaurant chains, retail, and institutional customers. The company combines culinary-driven R&D with multi-plant batch production, boil-in-the-bag packaging, and quick-freeze capabilities at USDA/HACCP/SQF-certified facilities, offering minimum batch sizes of 2,500–5,000 pounds and packaging from one to eight pounds including single-serve.

Product overview

Park 100 Foods is a custom kettle-cooked food manufacturing company that produces frozen soups, sauces, chili, side dishes, gravies, fruit toppings, dips, entrees, custards, and pie fillings for food service operators, national restaurant chains, retail, and institutional operations. The company operates four USDA/HACCP/SQF certified facilities and typically runs minimum batch sizes of 2,500-5,000 pounds with packaging ranging from one pound to eight pounds in boil-in-the-bag format. The portfolio includes core products: Soups, Chili, Sauces, Cheese Sauce, Sides, and Macaroni & Cheese, all custom-crafted using kettle cooking techniques to deliver brand-positioning foods. The company was acquired by OSI Group in October 2024 as their largest acquisition to date.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Soups

Quantifiable outcome

• Minimum batch size of 2,500-5,000 pounds enables flexibility for smaller operators

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Conagra Brands: Conagra Brands is a major North American frozen food manufacturer with an extensive frozen meals, sauces, and sides portfolio across both retail and food service channels. While much larger and broader than Park 100, Conagra overlaps significantly in frozen prepared food categories and competes in food service.
• Tyson Foods: Tyson Foods is one of the largest U.S. food manufacturers with substantial prepared foods, custom manufacturing, and food service operations across proteins, soups, sauces, and meals. Its broad portfolio and food service focus overlap with Park 100's activities at scale.
• Cargill: Cargill is a major global food and agribusiness company with significant custom food manufacturing capabilities for food service operators and retail customers across proteins, prepared meals, and ingredient solutions. As a diversified incumbent with co-manufacturing operations, it competes broadly with Park 100's custom food manufacturing services.
• Lamb Weston: Lamb Weston is the leading global supplier of frozen potato products and a growing provider of other frozen prepared foods to food service operators worldwide. Its food service focus and frozen prepared foods manufacturing capabilities make it a comparable incumbent in adjacent categories.
• McCain Foods: McCain Foods is a global frozen food manufacturer with leadership in frozen potatoes, pizzas, and prepared meals for retail and food service customers. Its frozen prepared foods portfolio and food service customer base place it in an overlapping space with Park 100's custom frozen manufacturing platform.

Direct peers

• Richelieu Foods: Richelieu Foods is a private-label frozen food manufacturer producing soups, sauces, frozen meals, and specialty items for retail and food service customers. Its product categories overlap materially with Park 100's soups, sauces, sides, and entree lines.
• Reser's Fine Foods: Reser's Fine Foods is a custom manufacturer of refrigerated prepared foods, including side dishes, salads, and entrees, serving retail and food service customers nationwide. Its B2B contract manufacturing model for branded food companies is directly comparable to Park 100's custom food manufacturing approach.
• Bellisio Foods: Bellisio Foods (a Post Holdings subsidiary) manufactures frozen meals and entrees, including the Michelina's brand, and provides co-manufacturing services to food service and retail customers. Its frozen meal focus and contract manufacturing capabilities are closely aligned with Park 100's portfolio.
• TreeHouse Foods: TreeHouse Foods is a leading private-label food and beverage manufacturer operating a co-manufacturing and contract manufacturing model across frozen, refrigerated, and shelf-stable categories. Its B2B approach serving food service operators, retail private-label customers, and institutional buyers closely parallels Park 100 Foods' custom manufacturing model.
• Windsor Foods: Windsor Foods (now Ajinomoto Windsor) is a custom frozen food manufacturer producing soups, sauces, and Asian-inspired entrees for retail and food service customers. Its co-manufacturing focus on frozen prepared foods for branded customers makes it a directly comparable contract manufacturer to Park 100.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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