Migrating the Cashew business into a larger Edible Nuts business was a natural adjacency for Olam. Leveraging on the strong and well-established relationships with customers in the food services, snack, bakery and confectionery sectors, we offer them a larger Edible Nuts portfolio today, which includes Peanuts, Almonds, and Hazel nuts. We are continually building and integrating our supply value chain, to ensure that we meet stringent customer requirements in each individual product category.
Olam has grown and leveraged its existing origin and market presence to build comprehensive strengths within the Peanuts supply chain. We have direct origination capability across most exporting origins including China, Vietnam, India, East and West Africa, South Africa and Brazil. Our Marketing offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Moscow, Durban, Marseilles and Rotterdam service a host of customers in most of the importing countries and destination markets. We offer the entire range of in shell, blanched and kernel grades to meet the exacting standards of the snack and ingredient industry.
While a relatively a recent entrant in the Almond and Hazel nut business, Olam seeks to provide its customers with a comprehensive package of product quality, delivery and other value added services, similar to those that it provides in Cashews and Peanuts.
We are looking to expand our product portfolio as well as the specific value chain participation in various Edible Nuts by continually investing and upgrading our procurement, processing and distribution infrastructure in key origins and consumption markets.