News

Albina Food and Vendia Foods signs sales cooperation agreement

2008-04-28

With the demand for quality, effectiveness and specialized needs constantly rising among our customers, Albina Food and Vendia Foods decided to collaborate on the Swedish Market.

Vendia Foods AB which is a wholesaler company started in 1988 and work with some of the largest suppliers in Europe, such as for example Beiersdorf, SC Johnson, Haribo ,Glaxo SmithKline, ViledaWettex, Hardford etc.

"To start a cooperation with Vendia Foods is a natural next step for us. Now we will be able to focus even more on purchasing and development of our products in order to get an even more delicate and competitive assortment of nuts and snacks", said Mohanad Badawi, Owner and Founder of Albina Food

"Our two companies are an excellent match - in respect of their profitability, their know-how, their demands for quality and customer dedication and network. It is now on us to implement a joint strategy promptly so that our customers quickly perceive the benefits of the cooperation". Said Suzanne Friis, Marketing Manager Albina Food

Christer Bengtsson, General Manager at Vendia Foods thinks that the cooperation strengthen both companies visions in becoming Market Leader within their specific field.

"Vendia Foods have been working with various partners within the fields of nuts and snacks for several years, the last one with a producer from South Europe. We are extremely pleased and proud of the cooperation with Albina Food. We know for a fact that we will have several strong competitive advantages in terms of our own roastery, short transportation, broad selection of dry roasted nuts, advanced knowledge and experience from the nut industry as well as a high flexibility in the production which makes it simple to adapt and produce unique products for our customers." said Christer Bengtsson, General Manager Vendia Foods. 

PLMA, Amsterdam 27th - 28th of May

2008-03-20

Why not meet the Spring in Amsterdam? During PLMA (World of Private Labelling ) you will find us in the Swedish Pavillion, Booth number: 4075 in the Europa Complex, RAI Exhibition Center, Amsterdam.

Like to set up a meeting ?  Please contact us:

Suzanne Friis, Marketing & Export + 46  73 622 15 77
Mohanad Badawi, Owner + 46 739 88 10 55

Looking forward to see you there !

Albina Food is now BRC certified

2008-03-19

As a result of the positive audit result, the BRC certificate for Albina Food has now been issued. This means a very important condition and requirement of our customers has been reached in order to satisfying the taste for safety.

"By putting into place BRC standards in our company we have made an important contribution to ensuring that we can supply faultless nuts to the marketplace and that there is no danger to consumers", said Roy Linqvist, Quality Manager at Albina Food AB.

" Taking Albina Foods increasing export and focus on new markets into consideration, the BRC Certificate is most important. The Certification will no doubt serve as a door opener and will facilitate sales on new markets", said Suzanne Friis, Marketing Manager at Albina Food.

BRC is an international and well acknowledged standard, developed by the British Retail Consortium, BRC which focus on improving the quality, hygiene and product safety in following 6 areas,

1. HACCP System (Hazard Analysis Christal Control)
2. Quality Management
3. Factory Environment Standard
4. Product Control
5. Process Control
6. Staff / Personnel

Visit us at ISM 2008 in Köln, Germany

2008-01-03

During January 27th to 30th, we will be exhibiting at the ISM in Köln. You will find us in Hall 04.2 in stand E008 (Swedish Pavilion)

For more detailed information abut ISM please visit http://www.ism-cologne.com
Or contact us via mail: info@albinafood.com in order to set up a meeting.

Great International Success at Anuga Trade Fair

2007-10-19

This year Anuga Trade Fair was without doubt an extremely successful
event for Albina Food. Not only was the response and comments received in the busy booth overwhelming and positive, the soft launch of the new
product range: Sandiala Finest Nuts was tremendously well received.

"New product development is extremely important to Albina Food ,and
plays a role in our goal to accelerate our top line growth," says
Mohanad Badawi, one of the two founder owners.

"We focus upon growth through new product development in three
ways. First, we look to reinvent and reinvigorate our existing products,
whether that will be through, new flavours, packaging innovation or
new benefits. Second, we look to introduce line extensions and
develop new products, and third, we look to grow through acquisitions
and new brands", said Suzanne Friis, Marketing Manager at
Albina Food.

Visit us at ANUGA 2007!

2007-08-27

As previous years we will exhibit at the Anuga Food Fair in Köln, Germany 13th - 17th of October. This year we will focus on our launch of our new product line: Sandiala Finest Nuts which consist of 25 different packages (12 natural and 13 dry-roasted)

No fat is added in order to achieve the ultimate taste and strenghten the natural flavour, in other words, enjoyment at its most exquisite.

Visit our stand and learn more about our exciting products and our unique Dry Roastery (actually the only one in Scandinavia)

You will find us in Hall 11,1 - booth number D:20 - E:021
For more detailed information about Anuga visit their web-site: www.anuga.com

Do you want to have a meeting with us at site, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Mohanad Badawi mobile + 46 739 88 10 55
Hadi Saleh mobile + 46 707 74 77 29