Juicy Lucy

What Juicy Lucy does

Juicy Lucy, Inc. is a privately-held consumer packaged goods company headquartered in Los Angeles that manufactures and sells frozen, cheese-stuffed hamburger patties made from 100% Angus Beef. The company's product line consists of three SKU variants — The All-American Cheese (stuffed with two slices of American cheese), The Spicy Jalapeño Cheese (stuffed with American cheese and red and green jalapeños), and The BBQ Bacon Cheese (stuffed with BBQ sauce and bacon) — each delivering 27+ grams of protein per patty and designed to cook straight from frozen in 12-14 minutes via skillet, BBQ, or air fryer.

The company's core technology is a frozen patty manufacturing process with a proprietary cheese-stuffing technique that contains two slices of cheese within the center of each patty, preventing the cheese from melting away during cooking. Products are packaged in resealable bags for portion control and distributed through retail grocery store freezer aisles nationwide, with additional direct-to-consumer availability via the company's Wix-hosted website (juicylucyburgers.com). Marketing is conducted organically through LinkedIn and Instagram, targeting home cooks and burger enthusiasts seeking restaurant-quality stuffed burgers without restaurant preparation.

The business model is a single-stream frozen food retail sales operation targeting individual consumers (home cooks and burger enthusiasts) through grocery retail and DTC channels. The brand leverages a 70-year heritage of the "Juicy Lucy" burger concept, which originated in the 1950s in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and became a staple in thousands of restaurants across the country. No pricing is publicly disclosed on the company website, and the company operates with 1-10 employees, suggesting a lean operating structure. No institutional funding, M&A activity, patents, or management team disclosures are available in the source data.

Name

Juicy Lucy

Legal name

Juicy Lucy, Inc.

Website

https://juicylucyburgers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Juicy Lucy, Inc. is a privately-held frozen food CPG company that manufactures 100% Angus Beef cheese-stuffed hamburger patties sold in three flavor variants through US grocery store freezer aisles and a direct-to-consumer website, targeting home cooks seeking restaurant-quality stuffed burgers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Frozen Stuffed Burger Patties

NAICS

Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Meat & Poultry Meals & Value-Added Proteins (CRADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Frozen Entrées & Complete Meals (CRADADAA), Frozen Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (AFANAFAC), Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Manufacturing (AFAKACAG)

Keywords

• Frozen stuffed burgers
• Cheese-stuffed patties
• Angus beef products
• Frozen consumer foods
• Retail frozen meats

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Frozen Food Retail Sales: Juicy Lucy generates revenue through the sale of frozen hamburger patties via retail grocery store freezer aisles. Products are sold as consumer packaged goods for home cooking preparation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Juicy Lucy manufactures and sells frozen, ready-to-cook hamburger patties made from 100% Angus Beef with two slices of cheese (and in some varieties jalapeños or BBQ sauce and bacon) stuffed into the center of each patty. Products are sold through retail grocery store freezer aisles and cook straight from frozen in 12-14 minutes via skillet, BBQ, or air fryer. The company currently offers three SKUs: The All-American Cheese, The Spicy Jalapeño Cheese, and The BBQ Bacon Cheese.

Product overview

Juicy Lucy offers a line of frozen stuffed hamburger patties made with 100% Angus Beef. The product line consists of three varieties: The All-American Cheese (stuffed with American cheese), The Spicy Jalapeño Cheese (stuffed with cheese and jalapeños), and The BBQ Bacon Cheese (stuffed with BBQ sauce and bacon). All patties cook straight from frozen in 12-14 minutes using a skillet, BBQ, or air fryer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The All-American Cheese: All Angus Beef patties stuffed with two slices of American Cheese.
• The Spicy Jalapeño Cheese
• The BBQ Bacon Cheese

Products and services

• The All-American Cheese Frozen 100% Angus Beef hamburger patty stuffed with two slices of American Cheese in the center. Cooks straight from frozen on a skillet, BBQ, or air fryer. Targeted at home cooks and burger enthusiasts seeking a classic cheeseburger experience.
• The Spicy Jalapeño Cheese Frozen 100% Angus Beef hamburger patty stuffed with American cheese and a combination of red and green spicy jalapeños. Designed for home cooks seeking a spicier stuffed burger option.
• The BBQ Bacon Cheese

Quantifiable outcome

• Cook in 12-14 minutes straight from frozen
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Applegate Farms: Applegate Farms offers premium, natural/organic frozen and refrigerated meat products including burger patties in grocery. It shares Juicy Lucy's premium positioning and protein-forward value proposition, though it spans broader meat categories and natural/organic credentials.
• Omaha Steaks: Omaha Steaks sells premium frozen beef products including burgers and patties via DTC and select retail. It is comparable to Juicy Lucy as a premium frozen protein brand with similar consumer positioning, though its primary distribution is direct-to-consumer and gift-oriented.
• Butterball: Butterball offers frozen turkey burgers and prepared poultry/meat patties in grocery. It is directly comparable to Juicy Lucy as a branded frozen meat patty product targeting health- and protein-conscious home cooks, though its core category is turkey rather than beef.
• Bubba Burger: Bubba Burger is a leading frozen burger patty brand sold in US grocery freezer aisles. It is the most directly comparable peer to Juicy Lucy—both compete for the same shelf space, same purchase occasion (frozen burger at home), and same target consumer (burger enthusiasts).

Broad incumbents

• Banquet (Conagra Brands): Banquet is a mass-market frozen meal brand under Conagra, sold nationally in grocery freezer aisles. It competes with Juicy Lucy for frozen meal occasions and shelf placement, though it spans a much broader portfolio of complete meals beyond burgers.
• Stouffer's (Nestlé): Stouffer's is a major frozen prepared entrée brand under Nestlé with deep grocery distribution. It competes with Juicy Lucy for the same frozen meal occasion and grocery shelf, though its portfolio spans a much wider range of complete meals beyond stuffed burgers.
• Jimmy Dean (Tyson): Jimmy Dean is a flagship Tyson-owned frozen prepared meats brand sold across US grocery. It overlaps with Juicy Lucy in the frozen prepared/protein category and competes for similar shopper occasions, though it skews toward breakfast sausages and broader protein formats.
• Tyson Foods (Any'tizers / Frozen Patties): Tyson is the dominant US protein company with extensive frozen burger, patty, and prepared meat lines in grocery. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Juicy Lucy, offering overlapping product categories but with vastly broader scale and portfolio depth.

Emerging players

• MorningStar Farms: MorningStar Farms is a leading frozen plant-based protein brand sold in grocery. It competes with Juicy Lucy for frozen protein occasions and the same shoppers, though its products are plant-based rather than beef and represent an emerging alternative rather than direct competition.

Regional players

• Foster Farms: Foster Farms is a West Coast-focused poultry and frozen meat brand with strong California retail presence. It is comparable to Juicy Lucy (also LA-based) as a regional frozen protein brand in grocery, though its primary protein is poultry rather than beef.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/juicy-lucy-burgers
• Instagraminstagram.com/juicy_lucyburger
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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