Maharani Basmati Rice

distributor• Comoros

Socodis is a Comorian company based in Moroni on Grande Comore that presents itself as a specialist distributor of frozen products, general groceries and beverages in the Comoros, under the slogan "The best products for Comorians". Its site says its mission is to give Comorians reliable access to the best everyday products at a fair price throughout the archipelago, from major international brands to daily essentials, and lists its values as quality, cold chain, proximity and reliability, with a Comorian team close to its customers. The site gives no founding year or legal form. The company says it serves all three islands — Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli — handling storage, refrigerated transport and regular replenishment of points of sale, with a cold chain it describes as fully controlled from warehouse to point of sale. It addresses four customer groups: retailers and neighbourhood shops supplied on a regular basis, wholesalers and resellers buying in volume on negotiated terms, hotels, restaurants and cafés that need reliable daily supply, and the general public. It also invites brands and manufacturers to entrust it with distributing their products in the Comoros, and offers quotes and its full catalogue on request. Its catalogue has nine categories; on the food side these are frozen foods (frozen meat, poultry, fish and vegetables), groceries (rice, pasta, canned goods and flour), beverages (soft drinks, juices and mineral water), chilled dairy (milk, butter, cheese and yogurt), snacks and confectionery (biscuits, chips, chocolate and sweets) and infant milk within its baby range, alongside personal hygiene and household cleaning products. It states that it distributes more than 40 brands and references from a regularly replenished catalogue. The site describes Socodis as an "approved distributor in the Comoros" and an approved partner of well-known local and international brands; the food brands it shows are Coca-Cola soft drinks, Rose Brand cooking oil, Al Djamil meat and poultry, and Maharani fragrant and basmati rice. The site mentions no certifications, branch count or fleet size, and gives opening hours of Monday to Saturday, 8:00 to 18:00.