Stock sits in the UK
Orders ship from our own warehouse, not on a forwarder's promise. If it is on the list, it is on the floor.
The staples your shelves sell, brought in direct.
Basmati rice from India and Pakistan, Ceylon tea from Sri Lanka, table olives and extra virgin oil from Greece, all of it on the floor in our UK warehouse.
24 lines held in UK stock, ready to ship this week.
Three origins, bought at source and shipped on our own terms.
Four categories, each bought from the country that does it best
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Basmati rice
Aged before milling, so it cooks long and separates on the plate.
Ceylon tea
Graded and auctioned in Colombo, filled into cartons before it ships.
Table olives
Brine-cured fruit from the Peloponnese, packed in glass rather than tins.
Olive oil
Pressed within hours of picking and bottled in dark glass.
A short list, bought properly
Plenty of importers will sell you four hundred lines. We would rather do four categories well: go to the mills and the groves ourselves, taste the new season before committing, and answer the phone knowing the product first-hand.
Orders ship from our own warehouse rather than on a forwarder's promise, and the price list is one page, updated when costs actually move.
Four reasons the grocers who try us keep reordering
Checked every season
We cup the teas and taste the oils each harvest. If a season is not right we do not buy it, and we tell you why.
Four categories, not four hundred
A short list we can answer for first-hand, bought from the country that does each one properly.
Straightforward terms
One page of prices, updated when costs actually move. No account minimum to get started.
Where it comes from
Three origins, each chosen because it is the place that grows the thing properly. We buy at source, ship on simple terms, and hold the stock here.
- Origins
- The Punjab plains, Colombo, the Peloponnese
- Route
- Sea freight, through the Suez Canal
- Landed
- Our own UK warehouse, stock on the floor
- Sold as
- Cases or pallets, mixed pallets welcome
India & Pakistan
The Punjab plains
Basmati is a crop of the Punjab, on both sides of the border. We buy aged grain, which takes longer to cook and separates far better on the plate, then have it milled and packed to our own spec.
Sri Lanka
The Colombo auction
Tea is still graded and auctioned in Colombo much as it has been for a century. Ours is filled into cartons at origin rather than shipped loose and repacked here, which is why the leaf still smells like something when you open it.
Greece
The Peloponnese groves
Kalamata fruit and green olives cured slowly in brine, and extra virgin oil pressed within hours of picking. We taste each new season before we commit to it.
What we stock
Everything below is held in the UK. Sold by the case or the pallet, mixed pallets welcome.
Prices are quoted per case and per pallet, and they move with the season. Ask for the current sheet and we will send it the same working day.
Basmati rice
Aged before milling, so it cooks long and separates on the plate.
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Gold Label sella basmati
Aged sella grain in a woven sack. Cooks long and separates cleanly.
- Pack
- 10 kg
- Code
- GS-R01
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Gold Label sella basmati
The same grain in a half sack, for shops with less shelf depth.
- Pack
- 5 kg
- Code
- GS-R02
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Gold Label, retail pack
Shelf-ready case of 1 kg packs, barcoded and ready to put straight out.
- Pack
- 12 × 1 kg
- Code
- GS-R03
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Super kernal, red label
Hard grain that holds up to reheating. The one our caterers reorder.
- Pack
- 10 kg
- Code
- GS-R04
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Imperial extra long grain
Our premium line, in a handled bag that carries well from the counter.
- Pack
- 10 kg
- Code
- GS-R05
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Green Label steamed
Everyday grain at an everyday price, for shops that need a value line.
- Pack
- 5 kg
- Code
- GS-R06
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Super kernal, small format
A 500 g pack for trial listings and smaller baskets.
- Pack
- 24 × 500 g
- Code
- GS-R07
Ceylon tea
Graded and auctioned in Colombo, filled into cartons before it ships.
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Pure Ceylon, loose leaf
High-grown leaf, filled into cartons at origin so it reaches you bright.
- Pack
- 12 × 500 g
- Code
- GS-T01
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Ceylon tea bags, tagged
One hundred tagged bags per carton. The everyday seller.
- Pack
- 12 × 100
- Code
- GS-T02
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Ceylon with cardamom
Blended with whole green pods rather than flavouring, so it brews properly.
- Pack
- 12 × 500 g
- Code
- GS-T03
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Cardamom tea bags
The cardamom blend in tagged bags, a hundred to the carton.
- Pack
- 12 × 100
- Code
- GS-T04
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Earl Grey, loose leaf
Ceylon base with bergamot, for shops that carry a second tea.
- Pack
- 12 × 500 g
- Code
- GS-T05
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Ceylon enveloped bags
Foil envelopes for hotels, cafés and anywhere tea sits out on a tray.
- Pack
- 12 × 25
- Code
- GS-T06
Table olives
Brine-cured fruit from the Peloponnese, packed in glass rather than tins.
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Kalamata olives, whole
Peloponnese fruit, brine-cured and packed in glass.
- Pack
- 6 × 358 ml
- Code
- GS-O01
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Kalamata olives, pitted
Same cure, stones out. Kitchens take this one by the case.
- Pack
- 6 × 358 ml
- Code
- GS-O02
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Green olives, whole
Firm fruit on a mild cure, mellow enough for the deli counter.
- Pack
- 6 × 358 ml
- Code
- GS-O03
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Green olives, garlic-stuffed
Stuffed by hand with whole cloves. Sells on sight.
- Pack
- 6 × 358 ml
- Code
- GS-O04
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Volos black olives
A softer, wine-dark cure from the Volos groves.
- Pack
- 6 × 358 ml
- Code
- GS-O05
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Cocktail mixed olives
Litre jar for delis and bars filling their own pots.
- Pack
- 6 × 1 L
- Code
- GS-O06
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Lemon & coriander mix
Marinated litre jar, the one that moves fastest off a counter.
- Pack
- 6 × 1 L
- Code
- GS-O07
Olive oil
Pressed within hours of picking and bottled in dark glass.
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Extra virgin olive oil
Cold-extracted within hours of picking, bottled in dark glass.
- Pack
- 6 × 1 L
- Code
- GS-V01
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Extra virgin olive oil
The mid shelf size, and the one most grocers start with.
- Pack
- 6 × 500 ml
- Code
- GS-V02
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Extra virgin olive oil
Small bottle for trial listings, hampers and gift lines.
- Pack
- 12 × 250 ml
- Code
- GS-V03
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Pomace olive oil
A high-heat grade for kitchens frying and roasting all day.
- Pack
- 6 × 750 ml
- Code
- GS-V04
The same product, packed three ways
Which one you take depends on who you are selling to: a shelf, a kitchen, or a bit of both on one pallet.
Shelf-ready packs for grocers
Barcoded retail sizes in shelf-ready cases: 500 g and 1 kg rice, 500 g tea cartons, 358 ml olive jars and 500 ml oil. Pick the sizes that move and leave the rest.
Kitchen and caterer sizes
10 kg rice sacks, litre olive jars and pomace oil for kitchens cooking in volume.
One pallet, all four categories
Build a pallet across rice, tea, olives and oil rather than committing to a full load of one line.
Tell us what your shelves need
Send over the categories and volumes you are after and we will come back with prices, usually the same working day. There is no account minimum, so start with a single case and build from there.