01 — Food & beverage

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.

One kitchen, one supplier

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.

Kraft sacks of pulses and grains beside crates of fresh produce on a stainless kitchen pass
On one account

Ambient & dry goods · Fresh, chilled & frozen · Beverages · Food-service disposables · Consolidated regional delivery.

Who we supply

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.

Stainless prep stations and service trolleys along a hotel banquet kitchen corridor
Five-star hotelsFine-dining restaurants Ship chandlers & cruise linesBakeries & cafeterias Quick-service restaurantsCatering companies Airlines & hospitalsSupermarkets Hypermarkets
Sourced direct — ambient

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

Compostable formats under Eco-vite

Itemised ranges and pack configurations are confirmed on quotation against your requirement.

Cold chain

Fresh & frozen

Meat, seafood, dairy and produce — held on the cold chain from source to kitchen.

  1. SourceTo the kitchen's spec

  2. Cold storeFrozen & chilled, held

  3. ConsolidateWith the ambient order

  4. Temp-controlled transitQuality holds

  5. 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

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Getting it to the kitchen

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

The portfolio

Brands we carry

The brands the market knows — distributed across food and beverage, ambient, chilled and frozen, alongside Emporia's own everyday ranges.

NestléNescaféHeinzKellogg's BarillaLavazzaNutellaPerrier EvianHershey'sKnorrLotus Biscoff

The full portfolio

American GardenAmerican SpecialityAptamil & SMA BarillaBeerenbergBen-Dels Brunei Halal FoodsCafe CrownCaputo Captain OatsCheetosChizzpa CholulaCoffee MateConsul Cookie DoughCremioDe Cecco Don MarcelloEvianFortune Fox'sFrank's Red HotFrench's General MillsGobblerightGold Valley GoldenGouda's GlorieGranoro Hal's New YorkHeinzHellmann's HeroHershey'sJif Jolly RancherKellogg'sKen's KnorrKraftLavazza Le SupremeLotus BiscoffLumar MahinMameeMara MayMentosMy Bizcuit MydayNando'sNescafé NestléNutellaPantai Pearl River BridgePepe MexicanaPerrier Rafael SalgadoRemiaSabroso SamyangScottiScyavuru Sow FreshStarbucksSue Bee Sweet Baby Ray'sTajinThai Coco Thai PrestigeUncle Bran'sVeetee Voss

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.

Working with Emporia

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.

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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.

02

Sourcing. Distributed brands and Emporia's own ranges are drawn together, so the whole food-and-beverage order sits on one account.

03

Quotation. Priced against the requirement, with pack configuration, minimum order, lead time and payment terms stated in writing.

04

Cold chain. Frozen, chilled and ambient are handled to temperature from the warehouse to the vehicle, so nothing arrives out of condition.

05

Consolidated delivery. Brought together across categories, so a property receives one delivery rather than a queue of them — including to island and remote destinations.

06

Re-order. The standing order stays on file. An operating property re-orders against it rather than re-specifying.

Where we operate

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.

United Arab Emirates — DubaiBahrain Maldives — MaléQatar — Doha Saudi Arabia — RiyadhChina — sourcing & QC

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.

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The rest of the supply programme

All five categories

F&B sits alongside OS&E, FF&E, bed, bath & table linen and the Eco-vite line — one partner across all of them.

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Sustainable disposables

Compostable PLA and CPLA formats under Emporia's own Eco-vite line, described without unverified certification claims.

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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.