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Welcome Ramadan!

LORIOUS holy We are wishing all our custom-
Ramadan is upon ers a happy Ramadan and a very
us and it is a joyous happy Eid al Fitr.
Goccasion for us all. It
is the time of the year that marks WHO IS GIMA UK LIMITED?
the most sacred month in Islamic Gima UK Limited is an exam-
culture. ple of exceptional success of
As Muslims across the UK em- hard-working migrants.
bark on this journey, here at Gima Established by two hard working
UK we celebrate Ramadan just individual, Mr Vehbi KELEŞ & Mr
like many of our customers and Erol ÖZKAN, who not only want-
we always promote value for mon- ed to be successful in business but
ey, especially during this month. also desired to serve, to do more
We want to be part of your cele- with the land they came from.
brations, over the breakfast table Since our establishment in
for suhur in the mornings (before September 1998, Gima UK has
dawn) and together during iftar transformed from being a small
(after sunset) are key events in wholesale operator based in
our family life during Ramadan. Tottenham to activities involving
Breaking fast with our dates over 1,000 own label products,
and teas we have endless dry sole distributorship of many
fruits and nuts to be enjoyed, to well-known European and Turkish
our Halal meat selections with brands, state of the art storage
our pickled sides for your dinner and distribution centre in Barking
table, our spices and seasoning with over 250 employees!
collection for you to pick from Transition from a small operator
adding flavour to any of your to current size better explained
meals this Ramadan. when in our early years, Gima op-
Not forgetting the celebration erated from a warehouse with just
of Eid al-Fitr together at the end 1,500 Square-foot of space, less
of the month, a three-day fes- than 10 employees, fewer than
tivity where family and friends 150 lines and around 60 custom-
join together, with our pastries, ers! To now 90,000 Square-foot
confectionary and beverage ready warehouse, over 3,500 product
and waiting to be enjoyed. lines and reaching millions of mated. Our imports from Turkey brands and products. to quite simply to consistently
Here at Gima UK we are ready to customers nationwide! alone is nearly 25% of our volume We have achieved so much, but a provide and maintain leadership,
enhance your kitchens with end- We enjoyed our 20th anni- business, not bad feat from such great deal more to do a great deal continually improve its products,
less options all under one roof or versary in 2018 but we feel our humble beginnings. Growth like more to be achieved. services in order to satisfy our
with a click of your finger to the journey has just barely begun. The this allows us to increase our valued customers and through
door helping you enjoy Ramadan point reached in 23 years is not trading levels and present our WHAT MAKES them, our consumers! Our whole
this year with ease. an achievement to be underesti- customers with a wider range of IT WORK FOR US… effort is to ensure ‘value for mon-
Our experience, our knowledge ey’ proposition is at the heart of
of the industry means that you everything we do.
can be sure of getting the service,
value and support that you need. CUSTOMER IS KING!
We have a large product portfolio We use our industry knowledge
consisting of over 3,500 products, as leverage to achieve more. With
which will give our customers, knowledge comes the confidence,
choice of quality as well as value with confidence comes the invest-
for money. Working with reputa- ment both in terms of warehous-
ble suppliers, manufacturers and es, trucks etc but also investment
with our own brands like Bodrum, in people.
Melis, Sultanim and Skanderbeg It is fundamental for us to
Gima UK became a permanent nurture our relationship with our
feature and an important member customers to both parties’ mutual
of the ethnic catering supplies benefits. We want all our custom-
industry. ers to feel the benefits of working
with Gima UK and buying Gima
GIMA UK UK brand products. In our cus-
MISSION STATEMENT tomer eyes we want to be seen as
‘Making our brands, continental an asset and key partner in their
European and Eastern Mediter- operations and lives.
ranean food products common in We keep it simple; we strictly
everyday diet of the UK consum- follow what we are meant to do
er’ and do it well, with all the focus
Vehbi Keleş Erol Ozkan Gima UK is doing all it can on customer requirements.