ABOUT
Overview
Katoomba Global Foods is a privately-owned and operated, proudly Australian company that encompasses international cuisine within the Australian consumer market, channeling international food into the ethnic and mainstream food market within Australia. We take pride in servicing high volume customers across retail, food service, manufacturing, and distribution.
Heritage
Katoomba Global Foods began in 1959 as a father-son team working in a tiny room with a single grinding machine, on the east coast of Malaysia, in a little town called Kuantan.
Our original operations were not large by any scale, a small company milling flour and spices for a pocket-sized community. As the years went past the operations grew with the product range increasing to producing pastes and condiments.
With a dream to eventually live in Australia, son Albert A. Nathan moved with his family and started similar operations in Australia in 1987. He purchased a small retail and manufacturing set up in Croydon, Sydney and thus continued the legacy of Katoomba Global Foods in Australia.
Starting from humble beginnings servicing Sydney restaurants and small retail stores to working with mainstream supermarkets over the years to becoming one of Australia’s leading privately- owned International Foods company that imports, markets, and distributes global and local brands to retailers, grocers and foodservice.
With independently owned distribution centers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide and have strategic alliances in Perth.
Values
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Open
ButtonWe are easy going and straightforward.
We believe in keep it simple, uncluttered, and real.
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Diversity
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Loyalty and commitment
ButtonTowards our goals and our customers
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Passion
ButtonA Passion for learning and sharing our knowledge and experiences.
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Nelson Albert
CEO
Since inception, our business has focussed on quality products, customer service and stable growth. We are proud to be recognised as key supplier and trusted partner to our customers and have worked hard to establish our reputation in this challenging and highly competitive industry.
We understand and acknowledge the importance of building long-term relationships with our customers, our suppliers and our team. The level of experience within our team, coupled with our global supplier network and focussed approach, enables us to maintain our competitive advantage and deliver the quality and value our customers expect.
At Katoomba Global Foods we always remain focussed on how we help our customers achieve their business goals and are delighted to measure our success in the long-term relationships we enjoy with our customers.
Community.
We like to give back to the community and give our team the opportunity to participate in giving back through our Community Program.
Each year, we select four charitable organisations to give back to. These organisations are carefully selected by our team based on the community, social and environmental causes that our team feel most engaged and passionate about supporting.
We donate to these charities and our team supports them further by fundraising, workplace giving and volunteering.