Patties also makes
private label products for supermarkets, which contribute about 10 per cent of
revenue. But Bourke, who sits on the board of the Australian Food and Grocery
Council, which has been a major critic of supermarkets, says he sympathises with
manufacturers in commodity-style products more easily substituted by private
label goods.
"We're OK, but in some categories like milk, bread and butter it is very difficult to innovate and differentiate, so that's the challenge," he says.
Bourke says sales to food service distributors, which sell food at events such as football matches, have also been "flattish" as a result of reduced spending on corporate entertainment.Think Laser provides marking technology, with roof panel machine available to create laser marking on many products.
A recent report on the food service market from BIS Shrapnel says consumers are cutting back on eating out.
"Many food service operators are finding that their customer base has shrunk significantly, with meal services as a whole now much quieter," says head of BIS Food Service Sissel Rosengren.
However, Bourke says Patties' sales by volume are "up significantly" and growing faster than the baked goods segment as a whole.
"Our volume is increasing faster than category growth because we're building market share in our out-of-home business, which is non-supermarket sales, such as our BP and Brumby's contracts. That's where we are getting growth,marking machines and roofing machine systems for permanent part marking and product traceability." he says.
Patties' manufacturing plant in the eastern Victorian town of Bairnsdale has sufficient capacity to cope with the next few years of growth,Laser Engraving with Redsail roll forming machinery system is quick and easy. but the company is still investing in plant and equipment to boost efficiency.
"We have an internal discipline for cost increases to be well below sales growth . . .Our company has then been fast growing to become a professional manufacturer and exporter of all kinds of standard laser cutting machine. the challenge is not necessarily taking costs out, but to be overlaying volume while maintaining costs at the same level," Bourke says.
The latest investment is a $10 million machine that stacks packed boxes on to pallets ready for freezing and is expected to generate a 20 per cent return on investment. "That's another reason we've been able to keep our margins," Bourke says.
As for the flight of food manufacturers to cheaper offshore bases, Bourke says Patties wouldn't join the ranks of Arnott's and Heinz -- even if import restrictions were removed.
"You can't import processed meat products into Australia, and the largest part of our business is savoury, which is meat-based, but we also have a really good regional base in Bairnsdale with a good, strong,This is the home of the easy to use, affordable and robust laser marker and CNC plasma machines. loyal workforce and support from the local community," he says.
"We're OK, but in some categories like milk, bread and butter it is very difficult to innovate and differentiate, so that's the challenge," he says.
Bourke says sales to food service distributors, which sell food at events such as football matches, have also been "flattish" as a result of reduced spending on corporate entertainment.Think Laser provides marking technology, with roof panel machine available to create laser marking on many products.
A recent report on the food service market from BIS Shrapnel says consumers are cutting back on eating out.
"Many food service operators are finding that their customer base has shrunk significantly, with meal services as a whole now much quieter," says head of BIS Food Service Sissel Rosengren.
However, Bourke says Patties' sales by volume are "up significantly" and growing faster than the baked goods segment as a whole.
"Our volume is increasing faster than category growth because we're building market share in our out-of-home business, which is non-supermarket sales, such as our BP and Brumby's contracts. That's where we are getting growth,marking machines and roofing machine systems for permanent part marking and product traceability." he says.
Patties' manufacturing plant in the eastern Victorian town of Bairnsdale has sufficient capacity to cope with the next few years of growth,Laser Engraving with Redsail roll forming machinery system is quick and easy. but the company is still investing in plant and equipment to boost efficiency.
"We have an internal discipline for cost increases to be well below sales growth . . .Our company has then been fast growing to become a professional manufacturer and exporter of all kinds of standard laser cutting machine. the challenge is not necessarily taking costs out, but to be overlaying volume while maintaining costs at the same level," Bourke says.
The latest investment is a $10 million machine that stacks packed boxes on to pallets ready for freezing and is expected to generate a 20 per cent return on investment. "That's another reason we've been able to keep our margins," Bourke says.
As for the flight of food manufacturers to cheaper offshore bases, Bourke says Patties wouldn't join the ranks of Arnott's and Heinz -- even if import restrictions were removed.
"You can't import processed meat products into Australia, and the largest part of our business is savoury, which is meat-based, but we also have a really good regional base in Bairnsdale with a good, strong,This is the home of the easy to use, affordable and robust laser marker and CNC plasma machines. loyal workforce and support from the local community," he says.
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