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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


                                 PRESS RELEASE

                 HERITAGE PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P. ANNOUNCES SALE
                          OF 2.5 MILLION COMMON UNITS

TULSA, OKLAHOMA                                                    JULY 27, 2001
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HERITAGE PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P. (NYSE: HPG) announced today that it has priced
a public offering of 2.5 million Common Units at a public offering price of
$28.00 per unit. Salomon Smith Barney, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Dain Rauscher
Wessels, and First Union Securities, Inc. are the managing underwriters for the
offering that is scheduled to close on Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Heritage has
also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional
375,000 common units.

Net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $66.5 million, before
expenses. Of these proceeds, approximately $45 million will be used to reduce
indebtedness under the Partnership's senior revolving acquisition facility,
substantially all of which will be incurred in the previously announced
acquisition of Proflame, Inc. The remaining net proceeds will be used for
general partnership purposes, including future acquisitions and repayment of
debt.

Copies of the final prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained
from Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York
10013. Any offering shall be made only by means of a final prospectus. This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale in any state in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state.

Heritage is the fourth largest retail marketer of propane in the United States,
delivering approximately 350 million gallons a year to approximately 500,000
customers from over 250 customer service locations in 28 states. Our operations
extend from coast to coast, with concentrations in the western, upper
mid-western, northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States.

For further information please contact Larry J. Dagley, Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, at 918-492-7272.