Cordina Farms

What Cordina Farms does

Cordina Farms, operating under the legal entity The Cordina Group, is a fourth-generation Australian family-owned food manufacturer headquartered at 55 Mandoon Road, Girraween, NSW. Founded in the 1940s after WWII by Rosario Cordina and his son Joseph — initially as exporters of chicken to England — the business pivoted to the Australian domestic market in the 1950s and has undergone continual expansion since. The company operates three co-located manufacturing facilities: Cordina Chicken Farms (fresh poultry processing), The Cordina Food Co. (multi-protein cooked manufacturing), and Summertime Chickens (precision and specialty cuts), with an additional linked brand, Freedom Farms. Leadership rests with Louise Cordina, representing the fourth generation of family ownership.

The company's product portfolio spans fresh poultry, fresh value-added poultry, sous vide, oven cooked, fried (coated and crumbed), and plant-based products delivered through a partnership with The Fry Family Food Co. Core processing technologies include sous vide vacuum-cooking, multi-temperature oven cooking methods, dedicated coating and fryline capabilities with high-care facilities, flexible packaging (thermoform, foil trays, E-bags) as an APCO member, and multi-protein manufacturing capabilities beyond poultry. Products are sold across six B2B channels — Retail, QSR/Fast Casual Dining, Food Service, Wholesale, Industrial, and Export — targeting Australia's fastest-growing restaurant brands and major retailers, with 100% Australian-grown chicken exported worldwide.

Cordina operates a bespoke contract manufacturing revenue model with an enterprise field sales motion, developing and producing products under customer brands or through collaborative NPD partnerships. Pricing is negotiated directly with customers and not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held with no external investors and reports no disclosed funding rounds, focusing instead on organic expansion and partnership-led capability extension (e.g., the Fry Family Food Co. alliance for plant-based). Headcount sits in the 251-500 range across the Australian operation.

Name

Cordina Farms

Legal name

The Cordina Group

Website

http://www.cordina.com.au/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Cordina Farms (The Cordina Group) is a fourth-generation Australian family-owned B2B food manufacturer producing fresh, value-added, sous vide, oven cooked, fried, and plant-based poultry products from three Girraween NSW facilities, serving retail, QSR, food service, wholesale, industrial, and export customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry and Value-Added Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sous-Vide & Cook-Chill Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (AFANAFAF), Frozen Meat & Poultry Meals & Value-Added Proteins (CRADADAH), Ground & Formed Meat Products Manufacturing (Burgers, Sausages, Meatballs) (AFAKALAE)

Keywords

• Value-added poultry
• Cooked chicken products
• Food contract manufacturing
• Plant-based meat alternatives
• Bespoke product development

Headquarters

HQ city

Girraween

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. B2B Food Manufacturing: Cordina generates revenue through manufacturing and supplying bespoke poultry and food products to retail, QSR, food service, wholesale, industrial, and export customers. The business operates on a partnership model where products are developed and manufactured to customer specifications under customer brands or collaboratively.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Core offering

Cordina Farms is a B2B food manufacturer that produces value-added fresh and cooked poultry products, including fresh chicken, value-added cuts, sous vide, oven-cooked, coated and crumbed fried items, plant-based meat alternatives, and flexible packaging solutions. The company provides bespoke product development and contract manufacturing services to retail, QSR, food service, wholesale, industrial, and export customers across Australia and international markets.

Product overview

Cordina Farms is a fourth-generation Australian food manufacturing company offering a portfolio of poultry and plant-based products through three manufacturing sub-brands: Cordina Farms (fresh poultry processing), The Cordina Food Co (multi-protein cooked manufacturing), and Summertime Chickens (precision and specialty cuts). The core product portfolio spans Fresh Poultry, Fresh Value Added Poultry, Sous Vide, Oven Cooked, Fried (Coated & Crumbed), Plant Based offerings (via Fry's Family Food Co partnership), and Flexible Packaging. Bespoke Product Development services allow customers to create unique product solutions tailored to their brands, treating customer brands as Cordina's own.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cordina Chicken Farms: Fresh poultry processing facility
• The Cordina Food Co
• Summertime Chickens
• Freedom Farms

Products and services

• Fresh Poultry Sustainably sourced Australian-grown chicken known for high-quality flavour and exceptional presentation, available as whole birds and a wide range of cuts and selections, sold to B2B retail, food service, wholesale, industrial, and export customers.
• Fresh Value-Added Poultry Innovative and creative poultry products designed to deliver flavour and convenience ahead of market trends, supplied to retail, QSR, and food service partners.
• Sous Vide Poultry Products Vacuum-sealed bulk cooking using low-and-slow sous vide methods to produce extremely succulent meat, packaged in various convenient formats for B2B customers.
• Oven Cooked Poultry Products Meat products cooked using varying temperatures and speeds to ensure succulence and maintain form, tailored to specific customer requirements across retail and food service.
• Fried (Coated & Crumbed) Poultry Products Coating and fryline capabilities with full high-care facilities delivering versatile development and production of coated and crumbed poultry products for B2B customers.
• Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Plant-based meat alternatives delivered through a partnership with The Fry Family Food Co., offering the same value and flavour with sustainable meat alternatives for retail and food service customers.
• Flexible Packaging Solutions Range of flexible packaging options including thermoform, foil trays, and E-bags, offered as part of APCO (Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation) membership for B2B customers.
• Bespoke Product Development (NPD) Service Customer-focused New Product Development service that treats customer brands as Cordina's own, offering either complete NPD solutions or collaborative development to create unique product solutions for B2B partners.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Fry Family Food Co.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCordina partnered with The Fry Family Food Co., one of the largest plant-based processors globally, to deliver high quality plant-based options to all customers. The Fry family founded their business in 1991 from their home kitchen, driven by a passion to create plant-based products that taste like meat. They have pioneered plant-based foods for over three decades, crafting over 40 different products available in over 40 countries. The partnership enables Cordina to offer plant-based alternatives including sausage rolls, popcorn chicken, vegan schnitzels, and non-meatballs under the Fry's brand through their manufacturing and distribution capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: Global protein incumbent with extensive poultry, prepared foods, and value-added capabilities. Comparable to Cordina in further-processed chicken, QSR supply, and retail private-label manufacturing, though far larger and more diversified.
• Moy Park: Large UK and European poultry and prepared foods manufacturer owned by Pilgrim's Pride. Comparable to Cordina across fresh and value-added poultry, QSR supply, and bespoke NPD partnerships, but at much greater scale.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: Major UK-based prepared foods and poultry manufacturer supplying retail private label and QSR. Comparable to Cordina in cooked poultry, coated/crumbed products, and bespoke customer-brand manufacturing.

Emerging players

• The Fry Family Food Co. Plant-based protein company partnered with Cordina to manufacture and distribute vegan products in Australia. Comparable as a plant-based partner/competitor in the same value-added protein category Cordina is expanding into.
• v2food: Australian plant-based meat brand with growing retail and QSR distribution. Relevant peer given Cordina's plant-based push through the Fry's partnership and overlap in plant-based QSR supply in Australia.

Direct peers

• Tegel Group: New Zealand-headquartered poultry producer with significant Australian operations across fresh and value-added chicken. Directly comparable to Cordina in product mix, channel coverage, and B2B foodservice/retail supply.
• Inghams Group: Australia's largest poultry producer, operating across fresh, value-added, and further-processed chicken. Directly comparable to Cordina across fresh poultry, value-added formats, and QSR/retail customers in the Australian market.
• Hazeldene's Chicken Farm: Australian integrated chicken processor with fresh and further-processed capabilities. Comparable mid-sized competitor to Cordina in Australian poultry processing and value-added product supply.
• Baiada Poultry: Privately held Australian poultry company (parent of Steggles) producing fresh and value-added chicken products. Competes with Cordina in retail private-label, QSR supply, and further-processed poultry in Australia.

Regional players

• Primo Foods: Australian prepared meats and smallgoods producer with comparable B2B contract manufacturing and retail private-label exposure. Overlaps with Cordina in value-added cooked protein and foodservice channels within Australia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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