Fry Group Foods
The Fry Family Food Company | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Food |
Founded | 1991Durban, South Africa | in
Founders |
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Headquarters | , Australia |
Areas served | Worldwide |
Key people | Wally Fry (CEO) |
Products | Meat analogues |
Production output | 40 tons per day (2018) |
Brands | Fry's |
Number of employees | 400 (2018) |
Website | fryfamilyfood |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3] |
Fry Group Foods is a family-owned manufacturer of vegan meat substitutes founded by South Africans Wally and Debbie Fry in 1991.[1][4]
History
Wally Fry is a vegan convert who once ate meat and traded livestock for a living.[1][2] He decided to follow the example of his vegetarian wife Debbie and daughter Tammy after observing the inhumane conditions in a working pig farming facility built by his own construction firm. The couple created meat substitutes in their Durban home for personal consumption to help Wally adapt to his new meat-free diet.[1][5] Due to growing demand from others, they eventually registered a company to manufacture meat substitutes on a commercial scale in 1991. As public demand for vegan food in South Africa was marginal at the time, the company had to innovate as a manufacturer in a new market.[1][3][5] Since inception, the company has also advocated for a plant-based diet via public awareness campaigns including Meat-Free Monday and Veganuary.[2][3]
Locations
In 1998 the company began exporting its meat substitutes from South Africa to Australia, where its headquarters have been based since 2014.[1][2] As of 2018[update] its frozen food products, which are manufactured in a custom-built factory in Durban and by a contractor in Cornwall, are sold by supermarket chains and other retailers in over 30 countries.[1][2][3]
Products
The product range initially consisted of only a handful of basics including sausages, hot dogs, and burger patties.[1][5] As of 2018[update] it has expanded to include more than 35 products that resemble various meat products—including schnitzels, sausage rolls, chicken nuggets, mince, and polony—which are made without any meat, egg, or dairy ingredients.[1][2][4] The unpatented plant-based meat substitutes are made from legumes, grains, natural flavourings, and spices, and do not contain any genetically modified ingredients.[6][7]
Reception
Endorsements
- Vegetarian Society Approved[8]
Awards
Fry Group Foods has won numerous awards for its products. It received the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Emerging category) from the Ernst & Young South Africa chapter,[3][6] the 2013 Green Lifestyle Award for Food (Company),[9] the 2016 Food Bev SETA Gold Award (Medium Companies category),[10] and the 2017 Anuga Taste Innovation Award for Soy and Flaxseed Schnitzel.[2][5] It was the recipient of the VegfestUK Award for Best Vegan "Meat" in 2017[5] and 2018.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Fox, Katrina (20 June 2018). "Meet The Former Livestock Agent Who Started An International Vegan Food Business". Forbes. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Fry′s Family Foods: ′Making Vegan Food that is Good for People, Animals and Planet′". vegconomist. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Fry's flies high with Entrepreneur Award". bizcommunity.com. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Fry Group Foods cooks up a storm as it takes firm's vegetarian nutrition to India". IOL. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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- ^ a b Terblanche, Barrie (21 February 2011). "Fry me to the moon". Mail & Guardian Online. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "#MeatFreeMondays with Fry Family Food Co". Just A Mamma. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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- ^ "The 2013 Green Lifestyle Awards". Green Lifestyle Magazine. 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Fry's Family Foods wins top SETA Award". bizcommunity.com. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "VegfestUK Awards 2018 – Full Results". VegfestUK. 27 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.