Primo Foods

Primo Foods (formerly Primo Smallgoods) is an Australian food and beverage company based in Chullora in Western Sydney. They are the largest producer of ham, bacon and smallgoods in the Southern Hemisphere.

Primo Foods

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Food, manufacturing
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985), as Primo Smallgoods
Founder	Andrew Lederer
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
Key people	Bruce Sabatta (COO)
Number of employees	4,000
Parent	JBS USA
Website	www.primo.com.au

Primo was founded in 1985 by Hungarian immigrant Andrew Lederer after he purchased Sydney's Mayfair Ham Factory. In 2004 Paul Lederer acquired the business after the death of his uncle. In 2014, Brazilian beef giant JBS acquired Primo from Lederer for $1.25 billion US dollars,^[1] who subsequently stood down as CEO. The current chief operating officer is Bruce Sabatta.

Sponsorships and community engagement

Primo have historically been an active community sponsor. In 2013/14 they sponsored A-League team Western Sydney Wanderers, who were subsequently purchased by a consortium of businessmen led by then Primo CEO Paul Lederer.^[2][3]