Who we supply — 05
For retailers & independents
Your customers taste the difference, and so will you. Retail-ready and private-label packing, mixed first pallets so you can try several lines, and an honest view on which ones will actually move for your kind of shop.
The proposition
Retail-ready, or your own brand.
Independent retail lives on differentiation. The dry fruit aisle in a supermarket is a commodity, and competing with it on price is a losing position. What works is product the multiples do not have — a Kashmiri walnut with real flavour, green raisins, properly graded makhana, figs that were not selected for shelf life alone — sold under your own name at a margin that reflects it.
We pack retail-ready and private label from origin, which means you are not paying a UK repacker to move product from one bag into another. Nitrogen flush is available and is worth taking on nuts, because the single biggest cause of a bad review on a premium nut product is a pack that went stale on the shelf before anyone ate it.
Options
Ways to buy.
Start with bulk and repack yourself, or go straight to your own branded pack from origin.
| Option | What you get | Minimum | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk, repack yourself | Food-grade cartons or bags | One pallet, mixed lines accepted | Loose-fill, scoop and weigh, farm shops |
| Retail-ready, unbranded | Sealed consumer packs | One pallet | Shelf-ready without artwork investment |
| Private label | Your artwork, packed at origin | One pallet per SKU | Own-brand ranges, online sellers |
| Gift assortments | Mixed presentation packs | Seasonal | Diwali, Christmas, Ramadan, corporate |
| Nitrogen flushed | Any of the above | On request | Nuts and anything with slow turnover |
Practical advice
Three things that decide whether the line works.
Buy for your turnover, not for the price break
Nuts go stale. Walnuts and pistachio kernels are the worst offenders and they will taste tired well before the printed date if they sit warm. A slightly higher price on a quantity you will actually sell through beats a keen price on a pallet you write down in month five. We would rather sell you smaller and more often.
Take the flushed packing on nuts
Nitrogen flush costs a little and buys you months of eating quality. On a premium-priced nut sold on flavour, it is the difference between a repeat customer and a one-off purchase followed by a review you would rather not read.
Plan seasonal lines early
Dates for Ramadan and gift assortments for Diwali and Christmas are committed months ahead by everyone who does well out of them. If you are ringing six weeks out, you are buying what is left at the price the market has already decided.
Range
Almonds, cashews, walnuts, pistachios, raisins, dates, figs, makhana and seeds — and saffron, which sells itself in an independent setting.
Packing
Bulk, retail-ready or private label from origin, with nitrogen flush available on any line. No UK repacking margin in the price.
Support
Mixed pallets on a first order, grades agreed in writing, and an honest view on which lines will actually move for your kind of shop.
Everything we ship ends up on someone’s table. We grade, test and document as if our own name were on the pack.
How an order runs
From your specification to your loading bay.
Six steps, most of them ours. You send a specification; we come back with a certificate and a delivered price, and the goods arrive tested, cleared and documented.
The active, the percentage, the form and the volume. Or the certificate you buy against today, supplier name redacted.
A recent batch certificate for the line and a delivered duty paid price in sterling.
Specification, packing and delivery address agreed in writing.
Assay, heavy metals, microbiology, pesticide residue and residual solvent. Material that will not pass does not ship.
Customs entry, duty and GB import controls handled by Aarleez Ltd as importer of record.
Delivered with the full document pack. Batch codes trace back to the source lot.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask
What is the smallest order you will take?
One pallet, and we will mix lines across it on a first order so you can trial six or seven products rather than commit to one. We would rather start small and grow the account than push a first order you regret.
Can we get our own branding on the packs?
Yes, packed at origin. Send us the artwork and pack format and we will quote the finished packed price. One pallet per SKU is the practical minimum for own-brand printing.
Which lines sell best in an independent?
Saffron, Kashmiri walnuts, green raisins and makhana tend to do well because the multiples either do not stock them or stock a poor version. Commodity almonds and standard raisins are harder — you are competing directly on price with a supermarket.
Do you supply gift packs for Diwali and Christmas?
Yes, mixed presentation assortments. Order early — seasonal gifting is committed months ahead and late buyers get what is left.
Are the products suitable for a health-food positioning?
The materials are what they are: whole nuts, dried fruit and seeds with the testing documented. We supply the certificates and you make the claims. What we will not do is help write a claim the specification does not support.
Next step
Ask for a mixed first pallet.
Tell us the kind of shop you run and we will suggest the lines most likely to work for it, with a delivered price.