Abstract: A butter pat dispenser including a rectangular box-like container having a U-shaped cover and a rectangular plate-like member. An end wall closes the first end of the container and the second end defines an opening. In one embodiment, the first end of the plate is pivotally mounted to the side walls defined by the legs of the cover. In another embodiment, side edge portions of the plate are received in longitudinally extending grooves in the interior surface of each of the side walls. A driver and a pusher provide means for advancing an end of the stick of butter out of the opening for slicing. The pusher comprises a pusher member disposed in the container and a nut or threaded sleeve disposed exteriorly to the container. The driver comprises a drive rod which is rotatably mounted to the top wall of the container and a knurled knob which is rotatably mounted to the end wall of the container. One end of the drive rod extends into a cavity in the knob.