Gourmet Organic Supplies

Organic and gourmet produce supplier, Epicurean Supplies Ltd, has been a long-standing Prometheus client. Winner of the Restaurant Association of NZ's "Innovators award" in 2000 Epicurean owner Clyde Potter has continued since then to liaise closely with the chef's he supplies when determining what to grow.

As a result of listening to what the customers are asking for, produce demand at Epicurean has grown strongly over recent years. This growth is coming across the board from distributor networks, restaurants and health food stores, particularly for the rare and unusual organic vegetables and herbs Clyde supplies. However, an emerging part of his turnover growth is now due to interest from supermarkets in providing fresh organic herbs and salads to their customers.

This unprecedented demand for Epicurean's organic produce and the prospect of more stringent requirements from the NZ Food Safety Authority led Clyde to approach us for finance to expand and upgrade the existing produce preparation, grading and packing facilities. The loan was also aimed at providing better improved office facilites and enabling the fabrication of additional portable tunnel houses to both extend the growing season and increase the quality of their herb growing in the autumn.

We welcomed Clyde's loan application for these purposes and are pleased to see Epicurean continuing to grow and develop.


To find out more about Epicurean visit their website www.epicureansupplies.co.nz