6 March 2025
Regis is pleased to announce a collaboration with The Pure Food Co as further commitment to providing high-quality food and nutrition for residents on texture-modified diets.
Since 2014, Regis has been driving innovation in texture-modified food offerings. With advances in this field, we are now incorporating The Pure Food Co’s products into our lunch and dinner services. These will complement our in-house made texture-modified offerings for breakfast, morning and afternoon tea, desserts and supper.
Following a thorough review of The Pure Food Co products by our in-house clinical and catering experts, as well as our residents and their families, we are delighted to announce the inclusion of these products in our lunch and dinner services. The feedback on taste, quality, nutrition and presentation has been overwhelmingly positive, and we are excited to enhance the Regis dining experience with these new options.
Regis will continue to source fresh produce for our seasonally-adjusted menus, ensuring that all other meals are freshly prepared on-site by our talented chefs and catering teams.
Linda Mellors, Regis Managing Director and CEO, said, “Partnering with The Pure Food Co for this subset of meal types underscores our unwavering commitment to continuously enhance the dining experience and providing the best options for our residents.”
“This provides Regis an exciting opportunity to create new products, offering more choice and nutritious options for residents,” added Mellors.
“After a successful pilot program, employees have received over 300,000 hours of training.”
The Pure Food Co co-founder and co-CEO Sam Bridgewater said, “Food is an absolutely essential part of the human experience and it should nourish us, body and soul.”
“The partnership with Regis is based on a shared passion for ensuring mealtimes are a delicious, nourishing experience every older Aussie looks forward to.” Bridgewater said.
As part of Regis’ stringent review of our menus, this initiative has been endorsed by Speech Pathologists and Nutritionists. Expected benefits are improved culinary experience, increased food intake, enhanced quality and allergen management.
About Regis:
Regis is one of the largest aged care operators in Australia. Founded over 30 years ago, Regis currently provides services to more than 9,500 older Australians through residential aged care homes, home care service hubs, day therapy and respite centres, and retirement villages. Regis prides itself on providing high quality care and services through its team of over 11,500 dedicated employees. To learn more about Regis click here.
About The Pure Food Co:
The Pure Food Co is a market leader in the textured-modified food sector. It takes a food science and technology approach to manufacturing ready-made safe and delicious textured modified foods for aged care, nursing homes and hospitals and has partnerships with many of these providers. All 4,500+ meal choices adhere to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI), guaranteeing consistency and reliability at every stage of the food journey. Sam Bridgewater and Maia Royal are its Co-Founders and in November were awarded EY Entrepreneur of the Year – Services 2024 NZ.
For more information, please contact:
Carolyn Steere – Regis csteere@regis.com.au
Michael Cummings – The Pure Food Co michael@thepurefoodco.com
