Who owns Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail)?
Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) is made and sold by Marzetti (the United States, NASDAQ: MZTI) under licence; Marzetti does not own the name.[1] The Chick-fil-A Sauces name is owned by Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Evidence: The Marzetti Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- The Marzetti Company verified
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 United States, Westerville, Ohio
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MZTI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail)
The bottled Chick-fil-A sauces and dressings in American supermarkets are made and sold by The Marzetti Company under an exclusive licence agreement, not by the restaurant chain itself. Chick-fil-A is Marzetti's most important relationship: including this retail licence and foodservice supply to its restaurants, it accounted for 30 per cent of Marzetti's net sales in fiscal 2026.
Ownership timeline of Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail)
Where Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) sits in Marzetti
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Marzetti
Marzetti controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 95 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Chaochai | Sempio | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: Marzetti
Marzetti is a publicly listed company headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, United States.
The Marzetti Company is an Ohio maker of salad dressings, sauces, dips and frozen breads for supermarkets and restaurant chains, known until June 2025 as Lancaster Colony Corporation. Much of its business is making restaurant brands for other people: Chick-fil-A alone accounted for 30 per cent of its net sales in fiscal 2026, through foodservice supply and an exclusive licence to sell Chick-fil-A sauces in shops. In May 2026 it bought Bachan's for about $400 million, the largest acquisition in its history.
🇺🇸 Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail)?
Marzetti makes and sells Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) under a licensing agreement.
Does Marzetti own Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail)?
No. Marzetti holds a licence to make and sell Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail), which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) come from?
Chick-fil-A Sauces (retail) originated in the United States.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Marzetti Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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