Why VLC

Four reasons, and price is not the first one

If price were the only thing that mattered in food import, this would be a very different business. It is the fourth thing our buyers ask about, and there is a good reason for that.

VLC Trade Group staff at a manufacturer visit, a welcome screen behind them reading VLC BIENVENIDOS

1. You can order an assortment, not a pallet of one thing

This is the whole proposition. Most European suppliers will sell you a full container of one product, because that is what suits their production. If your shelf needs cheese and juice and charcuterie and snacks, you either buy four containers or you buy from four suppliers and coordinate them yourself.

We fill one container from products across more than twenty manufacturers. Collecting from several factories into a single load is our work, not yours.

2. The documents are handled, and they are handled first

A container that cannot clear is worth nothing to either of us. EUR1, phytosanitary and veterinary certificates are prepared for your specific consignment and your specific border, as the goods require.

We are also careful about a distinction that matters at the border: we issue export documents, and the manufacturers hold the food safety certifications. A trader who blurs those two is a trader who has not been asked hard questions yet.

3. We are already doing it, monthly, at volume

22 tons of meat, 21 tons of cheese and 65 tons of juice leave for Georgia every month, and have done since 2021, for named chains you can go and verify. The routing, the reefer bookings and the certificate process are running, not being set up for your first order.

4. Flexible on the commercial terms

Any Incoterms basis you work on, including EXW, FOB, CIF and DAP. Payment is advance to start and by agreement once there is a relationship. Private label is available across most lines. Minimum order is one full container, and that is the one thing we are firm about, because a part load breaks the economics that make consolidation worth doing.

What we are not

We are not the cheapest name you will be quoted, and we are not a producer. We are the company that makes a mixed European container arrive correctly. If you can fill a container with one product from one factory, you probably do not need us, and we will say so.

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Send us the list and the destination country

A product list and a destination country are enough for a loading plan, the documents your border will want, and a price.