Services for buyers and for growers.

From choosing the origin to delivery, from format advice to developing a product under your brand: one contact for the whole supply chain.

Suppliers: growers and importersCooperatives, farms and importers in France, Chile, Ukraine, Vietnam, the United States, Greece, Turkey, Thailand, Cambodia and Germany. For them: product sales and new channels.
AlimexHands-on advice on origin, price and format. Private label and development projects. Contract, quality checks, logistics and financial management.
Customers: markets and distributionWholesale produce markets, retail chains, the food industry and foreign importers. For them: range development, quality and advice.

Trading and sourcing

  • Origin and supplier selection, season by season
  • Comparison of origins by quality, price and arrival time
  • Scheduled or spot purchasing, to suit your needs

Price and format advice

  • Reading the trends of origin markets
  • Choosing size, packing and buying moment
  • Alternative proposals when a product is scarce or expensive

Private label

  • Product development under your brand
  • Agreed formats, artwork and specifications
  • Supply plan and quality control for every lot

Market development and new ranges

  • Launch of new items and trending products
  • Seasonal assortments and displays
  • Bringing foreign growers to the Italian market

Contracts, checks and documents

  • Clear contracts on price, size, quantity and payment
  • Analysis, origin and organic certificates
  • Handling of any claims

Logistics and delivery

  • Transport to your warehouse or stand
  • Departure and arrival notices
  • Scheduled deliveries throughout the season

Private label and development

How a product under your brand is born

We develop customer-branded products for retail chains, wholesalers and industry: from raw material to format, from artwork to delivery plan. We bring trending ranges to market, from macadamia to chocolate-coated fruit.

Private labelYour brand on the pack, with agreed formats, artwork and specifications.
Grower's brandThe product under the original brand of those who grow and process it.
Tailor-made projectsNew items, seasonal assortments, displays and lines dedicated to one channel.

  1. Brief

    Channel, positioning, target price and volumes.

  2. Product and format

    Choice of raw material, size and packing.

  3. Artwork and samples

    Pack development with your brand, and sampling.

  4. Supply

    Production, checks and scheduled deliveries.

How we work

One contact, from offer to financial management.

We handle every supply as if we were our suppliers' sales office and our customers' purchasing office.

  1. The right origin

    We tell you which origin is best at that moment, for quality, price and arrival time.

  2. Offer and contract

    Price, size, quantity, deliveries and payment, set out in writing in a clear contract.

  3. Checks and documents

    Analysis, origin and, where required, organic certificates, before the goods leave.

  4. Transport and delivery

    We arrange transport to your warehouse or market stand, with departure and arrival notices.

  5. After delivery

    We follow invoicing, payments and any claims, and plan the next season with you.

Who we work for

Buyers

Wholesalers, retail chains, the food industry and foreign importers looking for a competent, reliable supplier.

Growers

Cooperatives, farms and exporters who want a sales office in Italy and direct access to markets, retail chains and industry.

Tell us about your project: let's find the right link together.

A product to list, a new market, a private label: we start from your business and see what we can build together. Call or write to us.

Request an offer+39 0535 85130info@alimex.it