| In June 2004 Belaroma Coffee was awarded Supplier of the Year by
Retail Food Group for the second year running. Retail Food Group's
270 retail outlets voted Belaroma Coffee their number one supplier
for product quality and customer service.
In presenting the award at their annual international conference
in Brisbane, Group Manager Gary Alford, compared Belaroma Coffee's
award to the Richmond AFL back to back victories in 1973 and 1974
as "an unprecedented and remarkable achievement". He continued
"we have always received the most outstanding and friendly
service from the team at Belaroma and it is this which makes them
favourites with our staff".

L-R: Allyson, Mandy, Julie, Sandra, Kim and
Andy - with awards!
In receiving the award Andy Simpkin, Managing Director of Belaroma
Coffee said, "We are totally committed to providing our customers
with the freshest premium quality coffee and excellent friendly
service. It is all about good relationships. Our aim is to make
the customers love us and this award shows we are certainly achieving
that. We are absolutely delighted."
Retail Food Group are the biggest users of coffee in the café and fast food sector of the hospitality industry.
Other suppliers competing for the Retail Food Group award included: Allied Mills; Coca Cola; Cadbury Schweppes; ANZ; Kerry Pinnacle; Simple foods; Australian Bakery Services; Goodman Fielder Food Services; Carter Holt Harvey; Best on Uniforms and Sports Gear; Detpak; Oneida; Kay Bee Trading; Cuno Water Filter systems; KR; Kay; and Interium. |