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| Company type | Indian food |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food manufacture |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Founder | Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishankar Pathak |
| Headquarters | Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
Key people | Chairman, Kirit Pathak OBE (1952-2021) |
| Products | Ready meals, Indian sauces |
| Parent | Associated British Foods |
| Website | pataks |
Patak's is a UK brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded in 1957 by wife-and-husband team Gujarati-British entrepreneurs Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishankar Pathak, who came to Britain, penniless, with their family as refugees from Kenya, and acquired by Associated British Foods in May 2007 for £200 million.[1][2]
The company supplies 75%[1] of British curry houses with sauces and mixed spices, and supplies major retailers throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
- ^ a b Founding family sells Patak's, The Guardian, 29 May 2007
- ^ Wallop, Harry (30 May 2007). "Family sells Patak's curry firm for £200m". The Telegraph. London.