Admirals Trading LLC

Admirals Trading LLC presents itself as a leading multi-disciplined food and beverage distributor, manufacturer and third-party logistics company operating in the UAE under the motto "Food you trust", with its head office in Jebel Ali Industrial Area 1, Dubai. It says its journey began in 2000, when three visionaries from New Zealand set up a full-service food distribution company after moving to Dubai, and that it was acquired in 2014 by Saudi Arabia's Rashed Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed & Sons Co. It states that it supplies more than 4,000 products from 60 global brands to over 7,000 clients, and that it is now operational in Saudi Arabia. Its site describes warehousing in Jebel Ali outside the free zone with 60,000 sq ft, 5,000 pallet positions and temperatures from -22 °C to +25 °C (freezer, chiller and dry), and a fleet of more than 50 tri-temperature trucks delivering to about 1,000 customers a day. Its retail channel serves hypermarkets, supermarkets and groceries including Carrefour, Spinneys, Lulu, Union Coop, Choithrams and Al Maya; its foodservice channel covers hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, QSRs, health institutions and airlines; it also sells through e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Noon, Talabat, Careem and Instashop, and runs 25 retail and 19 foodservice van routes across the whole UAE. Its range covers beef, poultry, lamb, veal, seafood, dairy, pizza, snacks, canned foods, beverages, sauces and spreads. Brands named include Black Onyx, WX, Beefmaster, Yardstick, Swift, Rastelli, AFFCO and Omega in protein; Killinchy Gold, Canary, Mozzarella Express and Al Safi Danone in dairy; La Lorraine and Pieman's in bakery; California Garden, Aviko, Tropicool, Brivais Vilnis and Sava in culinary; Nongshim, Sarimi and De Siam in Asian foods; and Kambly, Kent and Steenland in confectionery. It imports from countries including Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. The company says it offers some products under the Admirals brand, runs a meat processing unit with in-house butchers and an artisan pizza production unit, and announced an exclusive UAE distribution partnership with the Brazilian brand Tropicool. It states that its stores and operations are HACCP certified and that it has been awarded the Dubai Municipality Gold Standard A grading for food safety year on year.