Patties Food Group Pty

Name

Patties Food Group Pty

Legal name

Patties Foods Pty Limited

Website

https://pattiesfoodgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Frozen & Chilled Convenience Foods

NAICS

Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412), Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing (3118)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Entrées & Complete Meals (CRADADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Frozen & Par-Baked Bakery Production (THAFAFAK)

Keywords

• Frozen convenience foods
• Ready meals manufacturing
• Meat pie production
• Snack food brands
• Foodservice supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Mentone

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food Products Sales: Sale of pre-prepared frozen and chilled savoury and dessert products and convenient ready meals through retail, foodservice, and export channels.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Patties Food Group manufactures and sells pre-prepared frozen and chilled convenience foods — including savoury pies, sausage rolls, ready meals, fruit pies, pasta, and health-focused meals — across a portfolio of iconic Australian and New Zealand brands. The company operates six manufacturing facilities in Australia and New Zealand, distributes primarily through major and independent supermarkets, convenience stores, and online channels, and runs a dedicated foodservice division serving the hospitality, catering, and QSR industries.

Product overview

Patties Food Group is a portfolio of iconic Australian and New Zealand snacking and ready meal brands. The company operates a multi-brand strategy comprising savoury brands (Four'N Twenty, Patties, Herbert Adams, Leader, 7 Star Food Service), sweet/dessert brands (Nanna's, Boscastle), fresh pasta/sauces (Leggo's), and ready meal brands (On The Menu, Lean Cuisine, Weight Watchers, Fitness Outcomes, Ruffie Rustic Foods, Super Nature, Annabel Karmel, Enrico's, The Cool Gardener). The portfolio spans frozen and chilled products including pies, pasties, sausage rolls, fruit pies, pasta dishes, health-focused meals, and plant-based options. The company also operates a dedicated food service division (Patties Food Service) serving the hospitality and catering industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Four'N Twenty: Iconic Australian meat pie and sausage roll brand, synonymous with 'The Great Australian Taste'. Founded in 1947 by Mr LT McClure in Bendigo.
• On The Menu
• Herbert Adams
• Patties
• Nanna's
• Leggo's
• Boscastle
• Ruffie Rustic Foods
• Leader
• Lean Cuisine
• The Cool Gardener
• Weight Watchers
• Fitness Outcomes
• 7 Star Food Service
• Annabel Karmel
• Enrico's
• Super Nature

Products and services

• Four'N Twenty

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 95% recyclable packaging
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Red RoosterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2024Collaborative product launch of limited edition Red Rooster x Four'N Twenty Chicken & Gravy pie ahead of footy final season.
• Australian Olympic CommitteecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 April 2024Three-year partnership making Patties Food Group an official partner of the AOC. Four'N Twenty is the official pie and Fitness Outcomes the official ready meal of the Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024.
• Australian Football League (AFL)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019Four'N Twenty partners with AFL, Australia's most popular sport. Sponsoring the Mark of the Year competition.
• NSW Waratahs / NSW Rugby UnioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerExtended major partnership with NSW Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union for a further three years. Principal partner of all referee associations in Sydney metropolitan area. Naming rights partner to NSW Suburban Rugby Union Competition.
• Foodbank AustraliacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-standing partnership providing food donations for vulnerable Australians experiencing food insecurity. Donated equivalent of 140,750 meals in 2024 and over $200,000 to charity partners.
• Australian Conservation FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngaged with ACF for beef supply chain deforestation risk assessment to identify regions in Australia with elevated deforestation risk.
• QMS MediaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising network partner for Olympic campaigns, presenting Olympic content across the country.
• TBWA MelbourneminorOthersCreative agency for On The Menu 'Blame It On The Menu' campaign. Developed TV, radio, outdoor, social, and in-store creative.
• Leo Burnett AustraliaminorOthersCreative agency for Red Rooster x Four'N Twenty Chicken & Gravy pie launch campaign including 15' TVC, online, social, digital, radio, and OOH.
• Curious DesignminorOthersDesign agency commissioned to create complete brand and communications strategy for The Cool Gardener including packaging design by Daron Parton.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• McCain Foods: Global frozen food manufacturer with substantial ANZ operations in frozen prepared meals, pizzas, snacks and ready meals; directly competes in the same retail freezer aisles and foodservice channels as Patties and shares the same BRC-grade manufacturer / major-retailer customer model.
• Simplot Australia: Australian frozen food manufacturer (parent of Birds Eye, Leggo's in some markets, John West); directly competes in frozen meals, seafood and prepared foods, and was the previous owner of the Four'N Twenty / Herbert Adams / Nanna's / Patties brands that Patties acquired in 2003 - making it the closest direct heritage competitor.
• Goodman Fielder: ANZ-focused CPG manufacturer of baked goods, dairy, oils and meals (Tip Top, Helga's, Vogel's, Meadow Lea); similar revenue scale, supermarket-channel exposure, and brand-portfolio operating model, making it a highly comparable ANZ peer for Patties' multi-brand savoury/indulgence business.
• Ingham's Group: Largest poultry producer in ANZ with growing prepared/further-processed and foodservice business; competes for the same foodservice and QSR customers (including partnerships like Subway) and operates similar multi-site, BRC-certified manufacturing at comparable scale.

Broad incumbents

• Nestlé Oceania: Global CPG giant with ANZ frozen and ready-meal brands (including being the global owner of Lean Cuisine, which Patties produces for ANZ); much larger and broader portfolio, but overlapping in frozen ready meals, confectionery-adjacent desserts, and foodservice - making it a key incumbent peer.
• Kraft Heinz Australia: Major global packaged food company with ANZ presence across ready meals, soups, sauces, and frozen offerings; broader portfolio but overlapping target customers and retail channels, and a relevant comparable for category management dynamics in Australian supermarkets.
• Conagra Brands: US-listed major frozen and shelf-stable food company (Birds Eye, Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine in North America, Marie Callender's); broader global incumbent with similar product mix of frozen prepared meals and snacks, providing a public-market valuation and strategy benchmark.

Others

• Baiada Poultry: One of Australia's largest poultry processors and a Patties supplier for animal-welfare certified chicken products; comparable in manufacturing scale and ANZ foodservice reach, and a useful operational benchmark for Patties' further-processed/ready-meal business.
• JBS Australia: Largest meat processor in ANZ and a likely upstream supplier / partner to Patties; comparable in scale, multi-site operations, foodservice penetration, and exposure to Australian red meat commodity cycles that drive Patties' input costs.

Emerging players

• Fable Food: Australia-based plant-based wholefood brand competing in the same better-for-you / flexitarian segment as Patties' Ruffie Rustic Foods, The Cool Gardener and Super Nature brands; smaller and narrower in focus, but a credible emerging threat in the plant-based meal category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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