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I started from scratch and this is not as easy as it could be. Simple questions turn out to be not as simple as one first assumes.

Bookers are a good place to start. They carry a large range of products but prices  are competitive rather than wholesale. I can get snack bars in smaller quantities and a better price at Tesco. But it is convenient.

I can’t remember what the requirements are to qualify for a buying card. But they are not too onerous.

If not Bookers, the only other option being the internet. To search for suppliers of speciality foods or purchase directly. What is mussing is a how to, who does guide.

Licensed Trade Suppliers Harry Morgan licensedtrade.net

 

May 22 2021

I am getting used to the idea of pre packed individually wrapped cakes, sandwiches and snack bars. Not my idea of home cooked and local. But a solution to the need to comply with Environmental Health regulations.

Besides which it still is possible to source locally.

jumbo.southafricanshop.co.uk –  01753684014

Jumbo Importers Ltd
Address: Unit 17 Coln Ind Est
Colnbrook Slough SL3 0NJ;
Tel: 01753 684014.

Ten percent discount for multi-buy (three or more)

Boerewors 10.00, Biltong  34.95 to 50.00
Biltong cutter 100

Mrs Balls 3.70,  Rusks 4.40, Mazoe 9.90 for2L, Nice ‘n Spicy 2.95, Freshpak Rooibos (80) 5.95 (40) 3.60

Emailed  mailorders@randsavers.com (mail returned)
Trade: orders@jumboimporters.com Pawel

sawholesale.co.uk – 02085 958 400

SA Wholesale
c/o Intertrans (Cargo Services) Ltd
2nd Floor Rainham House
New Road
Rainham
Essex. RM13 8RH
Tel: (020) 8595 8400

Cash & Carry Barking Essex

Mrs Balls, Rusks, Mazoe 2L, Freshpak Rooibos
No Nice’n Spicy?

Dry goods no biltong or wors

Contact form not working. Emailed sales@sawholesale.co.uk

 

zambezifoods.com

Zambezi Foods
193 Camford Way
Luton

T: +44 (0) 1582 564 333

E: sales@zambezifoods.com

Mrs Balls  Mazoe

Query via contact form

thesavanna.co.uk 0208 549 6000

Mrs Balls 2.75,  Rusks 4.99, Mazoe 7.99 2L, Nice ‘n Spicy 2.00, Freshpak Rooibos (80) 5.99 (40) 3.79

Mailed media@thesavanna.co.uk

An independently run family business which started in Raynes Park back in 2002. Today we have a fully operational butchery in the heart of Wimbledon producing our award winning biltong and braai meat and have 8 retail outlets across premium London locations.

We specialise in spit braais catering for small intimate family gatherings, weddings and formal corporate events. Menus can be tailor made to your taste and preferences.

Our reputation has been established by ensuring we only use the best quality meats and ingredients and by providing a professional and reliable service.

Caramelised nuts the Garden Route

This week’s specials:
Fish Pie (white fish, smoked haddock & prawns) with either potato or Cauli-Mash topping R55 per single portion or R100 per two person portion

Pork Neck Curry with Mango Salsa R55 per single portion or R98 per two person portion

Stuffed Chicken Breast with Green Beans & Almonds R45 per single portion or R89 per two person portion

Spicy Parmesan Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dip R45 per six wings

Who do you contact? It’s tough starting up a catering business in  the Garden Route if you are starting from  scratch. We learnt the hard way. And that is why I have started this site.

We are back at the Friday Market and I still haven’t bought that fire extinguisher I should have bought long ago. It’s the one thing you don’t want to overlook. There is no second chance. You don’t have time to stop to think about that Must Do list when it is needed. But part of the problem I have, is the fact that I draw a blank with a search on Google for fire extinguishers Knysna. But I have now been advised to try Turf & Trees and I am going to see if we can’t get them to make more use the net, Google and the projects we are running.

A learning curve or obstacle course, I am not sure which.

I started at Bookers in Chichester not having the fainest idea about what sells and what does not. So I picked out half a dozen random boxes of chocolate bars being twenty four of this and thirty six of that.

But the one thing they all had in common was that they come with a recommended retail price at sixty pence each and very slim margins

Didn’t fare much better when it came to the potato crisps either. Three boxes of Walkers grab bags pre-priced at a pound each with a best by date that comes around all too quickly for a small cafe . I also opted for Kettle chips. A box each  for Salted, Salt & Vinegar and Cheese & Onion. Smaller packets but the same pricing constraints.

Then just to add salt to the wounds I figure out that I can by those snack bars in smaller quantities at the Tesco Extra and slightly cheaper. I guess the way the market has developed the lines between wholesale, suppliers, distributors and retail outlets has blurred.

Next are the individually wrapped and packed snack bars. All butter flapjacks, shortbread fingers, tiffins and rocky roads. As well as hermatically sealed and sanitised soft cookies, cup cakes , muffins, carrot cake, cherry and almond slice and a rich. Belgian chocolate cake.

All most convenient but I am convinced that they glow when one turns the light out and I miss what should be homecooked and local.

Who collects used cooking oil?