Patak ' s is a UK brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded in 1957 by wife-and-husband team Gujarati-British entrepreneurs Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishanker Pathak, who came to Britain, penniless, with their family as refugees from Kenya, and acquired by Associated British Foods in May 2007 for £200 million.[1] The company supplies 75%[2] of British curry houses with sauces and mixed spices, and supplies major retailers throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
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- Wallop, Harry. Family sells Patak's curry firm for £200m The Telegraph, 30 May 2007^
- Founding family sells Patak's, The Guardian, 29 May 2007^