F&B distribution: everything the kitchen runs on
Food and beverage for hospitality, sourced, consolidated and delivered from one supplier across the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, from store-cupboard staples and beverages to fresh, chilled and frozen.
Emporia supplies hotels, resorts, restaurants and caterers across the region with the food and beverage a kitchen runs on, distributing the brands the market knows alongside its own everyday ranges, so a property can order it all on one account.
Whether you are opening a property, running a season or restocking a store, the whole food-and-beverage order comes together: sourcing, one specification and consolidated delivery. Your chefs and F&B managers deal with one supplier and one delivery instead of a dozen, frozen, chilled and ambient arriving together.
Ambient & dry goods · Fresh, chilled & frozen · Beverages · Food-service disposables · Consolidated regional delivery.
Built for HORECA
Emporia's food division supplies every channel in hospitality across the GCC and the Indian Ocean, with the right ingredient solution and professional advice against each requirement.
Two ways the order arrives, one account
Emporia distributes the brands the market knows and supplies the everyday ranges directly, so a property can order it all on one account, one specification and one delivery.
Distributed brands
The labels a kitchen and a guest already recognise: coffee, pasta, sauces, water and confectionery among them, carried across food and beverage, ambient, chilled and frozen.
The names the market knows · Availability confirmed at quotation
Sourced-direct ranges
Emporia's own everyday staples, sourced and supplied directly to the kitchen across ambient, fresh and frozen, from store-cupboard lines to meat, seafood and produce.
Emporia's own everyday ranges · Sourced and supplied direct
Across every temperature state
One account behind the whole order
Founded in Dubai in 2017 and part of Lal's Group, Emporia carries the food-and-beverage side on one account, one specification and one delivery backbone, the brands guests recognise and the everyday ranges a kitchen depends on.
Lal's Group began nearly five decades ago as a retail movement that reshaped how the GCC shopped, growing to some 3.3 million square feet of retail space and the representation of many of the world's iconic brands. It remains a family-led group, and Emporia is one of its companies.
Everyday ranges
Ambient staples Emporia sources and supplies directly to the kitchen, alongside the distributed portfolio.
Sugar
Refined white sugar for kitchen and bakery use, supplied in bulk and catering formats.
Refined white sugar · Bulk and catering packs
Dry fruits & nuts
A full range of nuts, seeds and dried fruit for kitchen, bakery and banqueting, for cooking, garnish and the minibar alike.
Nuts and seeds · Dried fruit · Baking and garnish lines
Lentils & pulses
Lentils, beans and pulses across the varieties a professional kitchen works through, supplied by the sack or the case.
Lentils and split pulses · Beans and chickpeas · Rice and grains
Spices
Whole and ground spices and blends for professional kitchens, held to a consistent supply so a dish tastes the same through the season.
Whole spices · Ground spices · Blends and seasonings
Filipino favourites
A dedicated Filipino grocery range: sauces, noodles, canned goods and staples, for properties and outlets serving Filipino cuisine and crew catering.
Sauces and condiments · Noodles and rice sticks · Canned and preserved goods · Coconut, staples and snacks
Food-service disposables
Disposables for kitchen, takeaway and banqueting, carried on the same order as the food so a property does not run a separate supplier for them.
Takeaway containers and cups · Cutlery and serviceware · Kitchen and hygiene disposables
Itemised ranges and pack configurations are confirmed on quotation against your requirement.
Fresh & frozen
Meat, seafood, dairy and produce, held on the cold chain from source to kitchen.
SourceTo the kitchen's spec
Cold storeFrozen & chilled, held
ConsolidateWith the ambient order
Temp-controlled transitQuality holds
KitchenOne delivery, one receipt
Meat
Beef, lamb and poultry, frozen, chilled and fresh, sourced to the kitchen's specification and handled to temperature.
Beef, frozen, chilled and fresh · Lamb · Chicken and poultry · Cuts and formats to specification
Seafood & cheese
Fish, shellfish and cheese, held on the cold chain and delivered on temperature-controlled routes.
Fish and shellfish, frozen and chilled · Dairy and cheese · Formats and grades to specification
Fruit & vegetables
Fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, delivered on temperature-controlled routes so quality holds from source to service.
Fresh fruit and vegetables · Frozen fruit and vegetables · Seasonal and year-round lines
Held on the cold chain
Food is only as good as the chain that carries it. Emporia moves frozen, chilled and ambient together and consolidates the order, so a kitchen receives one delivery instead of chasing several.
Frozen, chilled and ambient handled to temperature · Consolidated cross-category delivery: one order, one receipt · Regional reach across the Gulf, the Maldives and beyond, including island and remote destinations · Import, clearance and last-mile handled in-market
Brands we carry
The brands the market knows, distributed across food and beverage, ambient, chilled and frozen, alongside Emporia's own everyday ranges.
The full portfolio
Brand names are the property of their respective owners and are shown to indicate the portfolio Emporia distributes, not as an endorsement. Current availability by territory is confirmed on enquiry.
From an order to a stocked kitchen
Distributed brands and everyday ranges come from one desk. This is how a menu or a standing order becomes stock on a loading bay.
Requirement. Send your menu, your standing order or the brands you need matched. We come back with what we carry, what we can source, and where a substitution saves money.
Sourcing. Distributed brands and Emporia's own ranges are drawn together, so the whole food-and-beverage order sits on one account.
Quotation. Priced against the requirement, with pack configuration, minimum order, lead time and payment terms stated in writing.
Cold chain. Frozen, chilled and ambient are handled to temperature from the warehouse to the vehicle, so nothing arrives out of condition.
Consolidated delivery. Brought together across categories, so a property receives one delivery rather than a queue of them, including to island and remote destinations.
Re-order. The standing order stays on file. An operating property re-orders against it rather than re-specifying.
Six bases, one account
Emporia trades from six locations across the Gulf, the Maldives and China. A property deals with one account team wherever the goods are coming from and wherever they are going.
Enquiries for every territory route through the Dubai office, which holds the specification and the account. Local entities handle importation, clearance and last-mile delivery in their own market.
The rest of the supply programme
All five categories
F&B sits alongside OS&E, FF&E, bed, bath & table linen and the Ecovite line, one partner across all of them.
Sustainable disposables
Compostable PLA and CPLA formats under Emporia's own Ecovite line, described without unverified certification claims.
Common questions
What do you distribute?
Ambient staples plus fresh, chilled and frozen ranges: meat, seafood, dairy and produce, alongside beverages, for hotel kitchens, bars and outlets.
Do you handle the cold chain?
Yes: frozen, chilled and ambient are moved together and held to temperature from source to kitchen, consolidated into one delivery.
Who do you supply?
HORECA: hotels, restaurants and outlets across the GCC and the Maldives, including island and remote destinations.
Do you carry recognised brands?
Yes, a distributed portfolio of recognised names alongside own-brand product. Third-party marks are the property of their owners and are shown to indicate the ranges carried, not as an endorsement.
Do you publish prices?
No, Emporia is quote-based. Send the lines and quantities and a quotation follows.
Send us your order
Quotations are prepared against your requirement. Send your menu, your standing order or the brands you need matched, and we come back with availability, pack and price.