BARRE Foodstuff Trading LLC

BARRE Foodstuff Trading LLC presents itself as a Somali wholesale food importer that has operated staple food distribution networks across the country since 2012. Its website states that Hassan Moalim founded the company in 2012 with a single Mogadishu warehouse and a focus on rice, and that as founder and general manager he still leads day-to-day operations across both warehouse hubs and remains the main contact for major accounts. Its head office is in the Dholey Building at Bakara Market, Mogadishu. The company says it operates from two warehouse hubs: the head office and primary warehouse at Bakara Market in Mogadishu, which serves Banadir wholesalers, retail shops, restaurants, hotels, bakeries and supermarkets, and a secondary hub in Berbera that serves the northern regions and regional traders close to port logistics. It states that it holds buffer stock in both warehouses, stores goods palletised in ventilated zones with grains, oils and dry goods kept apart, tracks every batch by supplier, country of origin and shipment date, and inspects stock on receipt and at loading. Its website cites more than 350 clients, including wholesalers, retail shops, restaurants and cafés, hotels and caterers, bakeries, supermarkets, regional traders and local distributors. BARRE says it imports directly from suppliers in four countries with whom it has worked for over a decade: long-grain and basmati rice from Pakistan, pasta and wheat products from Turkey, palm and vegetable cooking oil from Malaysia, and sugar, rice varieties and grains from India. Its catalogue covers long-grain and basmati rice, refined white sugar, wheat flour for bakeries and retail, palm and vegetable cooking oil, pasta (spaghetti and macaroni), and legumes and grains such as lentils and beans, in bulk B2B pack sizes. Its in-house brand BARRE GOLD is a premium long-grain rice sourced from selected Pakistani suppliers, which the company says is now stocked by wholesalers and retailers across the country. It says it quotes in writing only, answers most requests within four business hours and assigns one dedicated salesperson to each active account. Its vision is to be the wholesale food supplier of choice for Somalia's B2B buyers, known for stock availability, written transparency and long-standing supplier relationships.