The Marzetti Company
The Marzetti Company is a publicly traded specialty food manufacturer (Nasdaq: MZTI) producing sauces, dressings, dips, frozen breads, noodles, pasta, and caviar through 10 owned brands and 6 exclusive restaurant licensing partnerships, serving retail and foodservice channels in the United States.
- Company typePublic
- Founded1896
- HeadquartersWesterville, United States
- Headcount1,001–5,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What The Marzetti Company does
The Marzetti Company is a publicly traded specialty food manufacturer headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, listed on Nasdaq under ticker MZTI following a July 2025 rebrand from Lancaster Colony Corporation. The company operates a dual-channel model spanning retail (grocery, mass merchants, club stores, natural food channels) and foodservice (restaurant chains and institutional operators), selling sauces, dressings, dips, frozen breads, rolls, noodles, pasta, croutons, and caviar under a portfolio of 10 owned brands (Marzetti, New York Bakery, Sister Schubert's, Reames, Girard's, Cardini's, Inn Maid, Amish Kitchens, Chatham Village, Romanoff) and six exclusive restaurant licensing partnerships (Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Olive Garden, Arby's, Subway, Texas Roadhouse). Production is distributed across facilities in Ohio, Iowa, Alabama, and California (Bachan's post-acquisition), with notable technical capability including a patent-pending gluten-free bread process and continuous product innovation (Protein Ranch, Simply Dressed, gluten-free Texas Toast).
Revenue is generated through wholesale and retail distribution of branded packaged goods and through licensing arrangements where the company manufactures and distributes restaurant-branded consumer products (functioning as branded manufacturing rather than passive royalty streams). Bachan's, a Japanese-American barbecue sauce brand acquired for $400M on May 1, 2026, adds premium clean-label positioning with ~$87M FY2025 sales and 48% historical CAGR. Q2 FY2026 net sales were $518.0M (+1.7% YoY); Q3 FY2026 net sales were $453.4M (-1.0% YoY), with retail volume declining 5.6% in Q3 but 11 consecutive quarters of gross margin expansion. The company also carries 63 consecutive years of dividend increases and exited Q3 FY2026 debt-free with >$218M cash after funding Bachan's with cash and a $200M term loan.
The Marzetti Company firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- The Marzetti Company
- Legal name
- The Marzetti Company
- Website
- https://marzetticompany.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 1896
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1,001–5,000 employees
- Short description
- The Marzetti Company is a publicly traded specialty food manufacturer (Nasdaq: MZTI) producing sauces, dressings, dips, frozen breads, noodles, pasta, and caviar through 10 owned brands and 6 exclusive restaurant licensing partnerships, serving retail and foodservice channels in the United States.
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The Marzetti Company industry classification
Industry- NAICS
- Food Manufacturing (311), Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412)
- SIC
- Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Bakery Products (2050)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Specialty & Functional Packaged Foods (Gluten-Free, Keto, Organic, Medical/Allergen-Friendly) (CRADAAAI)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Pesto, Cooking Pastes & Concentrated Flavor Bases Manufacturing (AFAKADAN)
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Where The Marzetti Company is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Westerville
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices6 records
Markets served
The Marzetti Company business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Retail Product Sales: The company manufactures and sells branded and licensed food products through retail grocery channels. Products include salad dressings, dips, frozen breads, rolls, noodles, and sauces sold under owned brands (Marzetti, New York Bakery, Sister Schubert's, etc.) and licensed brands (Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Olive Garden, etc.). Revenue is generated through wholesale and retail distribution.
- Foodservice Sales: The company supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to restaurant chains and foodservice operators. The Foodservices segment generated $240.4 million in Q2 FY2026 (5.2% growth), and $219.6 million in Q3 FY2026 (1.5% growth). Products are sold through major distributors to restaurant operators.
- Brand Licensing Royalties (inbound): The company holds exclusive licensing agreements with restaurant brands (Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Olive Garden, Arby's, Subway, Texas Roadhouse) to produce and sell consumer packaged goods at retail. These agreements generate revenue through product sales rather than passive royalties, with the company bearing manufacturing and distribution costs.
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
The Marzetti Company product offering
Product offeringCore offering
The Marzetti Company manufactures and sells branded and licensed specialty food products, including refrigerated salad dressings, dips, croutons, frozen breads, rolls, frozen egg noodles, pasta, caviar, and sauces. It sells through two channels: retail grocery (mass merchants, supermarkets, club, and natural stores) under owned brands such as Marzetti, New York Bakery, Sister Schubert's, Reames, Girard's, Cardini's, Inn Maid, Amish Kitchens, Chatham Village, Romanoff, and Bachan's, and under licensed restaurant brands such as Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Olive Garden, Arby's, Subway, and Texas Roadhouse; and foodservice, where it supplies restaurant chains and institutional operators with sauces, dressings, frozen pasta, and breads.
Product overview
The Marzetti Company is a specialty food manufacturer and marketer serving retail and foodservice channels. The company operates a diversified portfolio of owned brands including core brands Marzetti (salad dressings, dips, croutons), New York Bakery (frozen breads), Sister Schubert's (homemade rolls), Reames (frozen egg noodles), Girard's, Cardini's, Inn Maid, Amish Kitchens, Chatham Village, and Romanoff (caviar). Additionally, the company holds license partnerships for restaurant brands Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Arby's, Olive Garden, Subway, and Texas Roadhouse. In May 2026, the company completed its acquisition of Bachan's, a Japanese Barbecue Sauce brand, expanding into the premium Asian condiment category. The portfolio spans sauces, dressings, dips, breads, pastas, noodles, and croutons.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Marzetti: Salad dressings, dips, and croutons - the company's flagship brand celebrating 130 years in 2026
- New York Bakery
- Sister Schubert's
- Reames
- Girard's
- Cardini's
- Inn Maid
- Amish Kitchens
- Chatham Village
- Romanoff
Quantifiable outcome
- Bachan's grew net revenue at 48% CAGR from 2022 to 2025, reaching ~$87M in annual sales
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Companies that use The Marzetti Company
Customer profileNamed customers7 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
The Marzetti Company technology and API
TechnologyAPI detail
- Has API
- No
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The Marzetti Company partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.
- Bachan's, Inc.coreMarzetti completed acquisition of Bachan's, Inc. for $400M on May 1, 2026. Bachan's is a Japanese-American barbecue sauce brand founded by Justin Gill in 2019, headquartered in Sebastopol, CA. Net sales of ~$87M in FY2025 with 48% CAGR 2022-2025. Deal financed with cash on hand and $200M term loan. Bachan's founder remains involved in product development and marketing.
- McIlhenny Company (TABASCO Brand)secondaryMarzetti collaborated with TABASCO Brand to create Marzetti Spicy Ranch Seasoned with TABASCO Sauce — a first-ever collaboration between the two brands. The partnership was facilitated by IMG Licensing. This refrigerated spicy ranch dressing balances Marzetti Ranch with TABASCO pepper sauce flavor.
- IMG LicensingminorIMG Licensing facilitated the collaboration between Marzetti and McIlhenny Company (TABASCO Brand) for the Spicy Ranch product launch.
- Chick-fil-AcoreMarzetti produces and sells Chick-fil-A sauces and dressings at retail through an exclusive brand license partnership. The company is also a foodservice supplier for Chick-fil-A. This is one of Marzetti's most significant licensing relationships, though the company recently disclosed it oversold approximately a year's worth of Chick-fil-A sauce supply to consumers.
- Buffalo Wild WingscoreMarzetti holds an exclusive licensing agreement with Buffalo Wild Wings to produce and sell sauces, hot sauces, and refrigerated dips at retail. New flavors (Honey Garlic, General Tso's) were launched in 2026, and hot sauces expanded from Amazon exclusive to nationwide grocery distribution.
- Olive GardencoreMarzetti produces and sells Olive Garden salad dressings at retail through a brand license partnership. Products include Signature Italian, Classic Caesar, and Zesty Italian varieties, with recipes provided by Olive Garden.
- Arby'ssecondaryMarzetti produces and sells Arby's Sauce and Horsey Sauce at retail through a brand license partnership with the restaurant chain.
- SubwaysecondaryMarzetti produces and sells Subway sauces at retail through a brand license partnership with the sandwich chain.
- Texas RoadhousecoreMarzetti produces and sells Texas Roadhouse steak sauces and Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls at retail through an exclusive licensing agreement. Texas Roadhouse mini rolls generated $20M in Q2 2025 sales. The restaurant chain is in discussions to add more branded grocery products beyond current offerings.
- InstacartsecondaryMichael Reda, VP of Omnichannel Marketing at Marzetti, discussed retail media partnerships including Instacart as part of the company's digital commerce scaling efforts. Instacart serves as a retail media and ecommerce platform partner for the company's products.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
The Marzetti Company competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Flowers Foods: Flowers Foods is one of the largest U.S. producers of packaged bakery goods (breads, rolls, buns, snack cakes) sold through retail and foodservice. Closely comparable to Marzetti's New York Bakery and Sister Schubert's frozen breads and rolls.
- TreeHouse Foods: TreeHouse Foods is a private-label and branded food manufacturer producing sauces, dressings, noodles, and baked goods for retail and foodservice. Operates in many of the same product categories as Marzetti (dressings, pasta, dips) with a comparable customer base of grocers and foodservice operators.
- B&G Foods: B&G Foods is a packaged food holding company with a diversified portfolio of shelf-stable and refrigerated brands in categories such as sauces, dressings, frozen meals, and condiments. Closely comparable to Marzetti's brand-acquisition-driven specialty food model.
- Post Holdings: Post Holdings is a diversified packaged food holding company that acquires and operates branded food businesses across cereal, refrigerated retail, foodservice, and pet food. Operates a similar M&A-driven specialty food model with strong foodservice exposure.
- McCormick & Company: McCormick is a leading global flavor company manufacturing sauces, dressings, seasonings, and condiments for retail and foodservice. Directly comparable to Marzetti's dressings, dips, and sauces portfolio with similar dual retail/foodservice go-to-market.
Broad incumbents
- Kellanova: Kellanova (the Kellogg's snacking spin-off) is a major global snacks and convenience foods company. While not a direct overlap on dressings or pasta, it is a comparable large branded CPG food peer operating in the same packaged-food competitive set.
- Campbell Soup Company: Campbell operates across soups, sauces, beverages, and Pepperidge Farm bakery products, serving both retail and foodservice. Directly overlaps Marzetti's sauces, dressings, and frozen bread categories; Marzetti's incoming CRDO Judi Mondello came from Campbell's R&D.
- J.M. Smucker: J.M. Smucker is a diversified packaged food company with major brands across baking, spreads, coffee, pet, and frozen foods. Competes with Marzetti in dressings, frozen breads, and baking-adjacent categories, but at a much larger scale.
- Conagra Brands: Conagra is a large CPG food manufacturer with leading positions in frozen meals, sauces, dressings, and snacks sold through retail and foodservice. Overlaps with Marzetti's dressings, frozen, and pasta categories but operates at meaningfully greater scale.
Emerging players
- Hain Celestial Group: Hain Celestial is a specialty/natural food company focused on better-for-you, organic, and clean-label products across baby food, snacks, dressings, and sauces. Overlaps with Marzetti's Simply Dressed, Protein Ranch, and gluten-free innovation themes.
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Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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The Marzetti Company subsidiaries and ownership
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The Marzetti Company funding detail
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The Marzetti Company M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
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Frequently asked questions about The Marzetti Company
What does The Marzetti Company do?
The Marzetti Company manufactures and sells branded and licensed specialty food products, including refrigerated salad dressings, dips, croutons, frozen breads, rolls, frozen egg noodles, pasta, caviar, and sauces. It sells through two channels: retail grocery (mass merchants, supermarkets, club, and natural stores) under owned brands such as Marzetti, New York Bakery, Sister Schubert's, Reames, Girard's, Cardini's, Inn Maid, Amish Kitchens, Chatham Village, Romanoff, and Bachan's, and under licensed restaurant brands such as Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Olive Garden, Arby's, Subway, and Texas Roadhouse; and foodservice, where it supplies restaurant chains and institutional operators with sauces, dressings, frozen pasta, and breads.
Is The Marzetti Company a public or private company?
The Marzetti Company is a public company. It is currently operating.
When was The Marzetti Company founded?
The Marzetti Company was founded in 1896. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.
Where is The Marzetti Company based?
The Marzetti Company is headquartered in Westerville, United States, in the North America region.
How does The Marzetti Company make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Retail Product Sales are the primary driver. The others are foodservice Sales and brand Licensing Royalties (inbound).
Who are The Marzetti Company's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Flowers Foods, TreeHouse Foods, B&G Foods, Post Holdings and McCormick & Company. Broad incumbents are Kellanova, Campbell Soup Company, J.M. Smucker and Conagra Brands. Hain Celestial Group is listed as an emerging player.
Does The Marzetti Company have an API?
No public API is recorded for The Marzetti Company.
What industry is The Marzetti Company in?
Its primary akta.pro industry code is CRADAAAI, Specialty & Functional Packaged Foods (Gluten-Free, Keto, Organic, Medical/Allergen-Friendly), with a secondary code of AFAKADAN, Pesto, Cooking Pastes & Concentrated Flavor Bases Manufacturing. Its NAICS code is 311 and its SIC code is 2000.