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The
Stambo's Group
Welcome to the Stambo’s family. A proud
Australian family-owned and operated foodservice company which has
serviced metropolitan Melbourne and Victoria for more than 20 years.
Our focus is on the quality of our “food” and the efficiency and
constant improvement of our “service” by realising your need for
reliability, consistent commitment and innovative solutions. Whether
you’re a school, take-away, fish shop, sports club or social club,
our dedicated team conscientiously strives to understand and fulfil
your requirements with our one-stop deliveries and extensive range
of products including: seafood, frozen goods, dairy, groceries,
chicken, snacks, packaging, drinks, juices, coffee, cleaning and
smallgoods range.
Our new dispatch, manufacturing, distribution and storage facilities
now cover an area of over 55,000 square feet. Along with our well
maintained refrigerated fleet, our service improvements continue and
since 1985, we have sustained an average annual growth of 35%.
Our recent invitation to join the National Food Distributors
Association (NAFDA) serves as both an acknowledgement by our peers
to the high standard of commitment and provides our valued customers
with further ideas and buying power benefits.
Welcome to our family.
The People and Their Dream
In 1985, from humble Reservoir leased premises, an old refrigerated
truck began its frozen food deliveries early every morning.
Together, Greg and his father, Haris Stamboulidis quickly acquired a
number of loyal customers, and in 1986, the new brother-in-law, Ben
Panotis joined as a partner.
In the next year the business outgrew the building which resulted in
the leasing of the premises next door, in addition to recruiting
another partner – this time the older brother-in-law, Nicolas
Athanasopoulos.
By 1988, distribution to take away stores, fish shops and canteens
was well established, and processing of shark commenced as a
speciality sideline.
The company acquired its own premises in late 1988, and by 1989 had
already doubled the size of the factory, installed new freezers,
offices and processing areas.
By this stage, wives, Olga, Helen and Kris were also fully involved.
This togetherness undoubtedly proved to be a successful and much
sought after team. Diversifying into processing, manufacturing
(Courtgem Pty Ltd) café market (Coffee Affair with Mocopan) and
importing (Stambo’s International) was a natural progression towards
self reliance and controlled growth.
In 2005 another family member, Rita Earl, joined the team brining with her marketing and promotional skills to an ever-changing school market. Her goal was to help schools make the transition implementing the new nutritional guidelines in Victoria.
In 2008, after over 20 years as a director, Ben Panotis has moved on to pursue other interests.
Family Principals in the Modern Market
Times may have changed since our humble
premises and solitary truck service of old, but the Stambo’s family
feel and uncompromising commitment to customer service still
remains.
Stambo’s has earned the respect and praise of its peers and
customers by adhering to the basic philosophy of the family: we make
sure EVERYONE is kept happy, from the customer’s initial order right
through to the final delivery. Customers are able to talk to us
immediately and decisions are made promptly and efficiently.
Our long-serving staff, customer retention and constant acquisition
of new customers tells us that our basic philosophy is working well.
Loyalty Pays
Stambo’s Foodservice acknowledges that much of our growth and
success is attributed to the continued support of our loyal clients,
suppliers and staff. We believe that our staff, suppliers and
clients will not only mature and grow with us, but also be an
integral part of our future success.
 Beyond Tomorrow
Stambo’s is a progressive and ever evolving company with constant
upgrades to our marketing, technological capacities and efficiency
skills.
Our commitment to food safety has seen us become the first
foodservice company to offer an in-house accredited food-handling
course to health conscious clients. The course is presented by a
qualified food/health inspector, with a certificate awarded upon
completion.
Our new demonstration kitchen and showroom serves as a venue for
health authorities, suppliers and customers to come together to
understand and implement the correct methods required for dealing
with food, from deliveries to processing, sales, handling and,
finally, cooking.
A new era of intense customer service and high labour costs created
the need for portion control products. Hence Courtgem Pty Ltd was
born in 1989.
More than just a fresh seafood (flake specialist) processor,
Courtgem developed a wide range of quality, convenient and
innovative Heat ‘n’ Serve products side-by-side with its
sales/distribution and marketing departments.
A value-added manufacturing venture, Courtgem harnessed Nicolas
Athanasopoulos’ brilliant capacity for developing and building
prototype food processing equipment in-house. Our new manufacturing
fully automated production lines allow consistent product quality
and portion control in the most hygienic conditions.
Contract packing for various small and large companies, as well as
supermarkets, have become an integral part of Courtgem’s make up as
the hassle free, ready-to-eat product market continually grows.
Most importantly however, Courtgem Pty Ltd represents the basic
philosophy of the family to strive towards continuous improvement in
quality, variety, value and total reliability.
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