Easy Food Pty Ltd has proven to be a successful supplier of ready-made meals across Australia. The Dandenong-based company developed from an associated company known as Innovative Foods Pty Ltd, which commenced back in the mid-‘90s.
Managing director and major shareholder in Easy Food Pty Ltd, Paul Grogan relied on his own skills and the technical skills of organisations such as Chisholm Institute’s Moorabbin campus to make the company a success.
In 2002, Innovation Foods developed the process for Shelf Stable lamb shanks. The product, without refrigeration, could be reserved for more than one year and was easy to use. Since then the company has exported one million lamb shanks per year to the UK Pub Market. Recently, Easy Food has branched out to produce ready meals using the IFA technology and was asked to supply 800,000 ready meals to World Youth Day.
The company now employs 70 people, continues to focus on export markets, and has found itself a major supplier to various diet companies and sees further opportunity in the area.