Courlanders

Connecting Companies with Customers

Established: Our sales and merchandising resources are in place to get your product on shelf immediately

Longevity: As a 4th generation family owned business, we’ve been in this game for almost 120 years… longevity is in our nature.

Relationship Based: Sales is all about relationships and we have the network that can assist you in getting your product into retail, wholesale and industrial clients.

Owner Managed: We have a hands on approach to sales that permeates our corporate culture from top to bottom.

Broad Coverage: We cover retail, wholesale, catering wholesale and industrial. No need to look elsewhere, we’ve got you covered whether it’s on a shelf, or in a tanker.

Experienced: Our sales and merchandising experience includes:

  • Food Grocery lines
  • Commodities
  • Consumer Care
  • Sanitary wear
  • Animal Feeds
  • Pharmaceutical OTC lines
  • Garden Care & Pest Control
  • Packaging

 

Focused: Our customer relationships and territory knowledge is unparalleled because we stick to what we are good at, which is the Eastern Cape and Border Transkei business.

Services

SALES

In our territory it is all about relationships strengthened through clear communication, honesty and integrity. We connect you to your customer. Our sales team cover retail, wholesale and industrial customers and travel extensively within the territory to keep a physical presence in store for your brand.

KEY ACCOUNTS

Our team will connect you to the right person at regional level for trade negotiations, promotional grids, trading terms and relationship building. Everything you need to launch or introduce new products to the market.

MERCHANDISING

We provide access to a system of merchandisers overseen by our territory supervisors who link directly into our Sales Management for fast and effective responses.

WAREHOUSING

We offer food grade storage to enable cost effective, bulk shipping of product into the territory. Our team will pick and pack per order processed by our Admin staff.

DISTRIBUTION

We run our own trucks within the East London area, and maintain strong relationships with transporters who service the entire territory, allowing consistent delivery for our principals.

ADMIN

Our admin provide key support to the sales team, backing up visits telephonically, processing orders, following up on deliveries and assisting accounts and financial departments with customer accounts. Whether from our warehouses or direct from the factory, our team drive the sale from order through to delivery.

Customer Base

 RETAIL

We service a range of retail stores within the Border Transkei, including:

  • The Spar Group
  • Shoprite Holdings
  • Pick n Pay Group
  • Independents Groups
  • Individual Stores

We are always on the hunt for new customers.

WHOLESALE

Wholesale remains one of our strongest sectors, with traditional and non- traditional, independent and group customers being serviced.

We call on over 75 wholesale stores in the territory.

We also service catering wholesale stores supplying the accommodation, small manufacturing and education sectors.

INDUSTRIAL

Our specialised industrial reps service manufacturers of :

  • Processed Foods
  • Beverages: non-alcoholic & alcoholic
  • Bakery Products
  • Confectionary
  • Packaging Materials
  • Dairy Products
  • Cereals and Snacks
  • Pharmaceutical Products