Ekol Food

Ekol food is an importer which was established in 2003 by Onder Bilen in a store of 24 m2 in Perpa and now serves its customers in a 5500 m2 store. It serves customers through its branches in 81 cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Izmır, Antalya, Bodrum, Bursa, Adana, Samsun, etc, as well as in Cyprus through its subsidiary. Ekol Food also operates an office based in Italy.

Furthermore, the firm provides product training to young chefs in Ekol Culinary Center in order to support them.

Ekol Food was reported to achieve a turnover of € 14 million.

Ekol Food’s portfolio is made up of 1500 references from 17 countries. A variety of them are offered in the following categories:

• Dairy: cheese, butter, cream, etc
• Savory Grocery: rice, spices, sauces, etc
• Sweet Grocery: cookies, sugar, syrup, etc
• Household: kitchenware
• Frozen: mushroom, fruits
• Drinks: juice

Organic options are also available.

Approximately 70 brands like Heinz, Maldon, Frico and many others collaborate with Ekol Food. The company offers every kind of food product used in Mexican and Japanese cuisine. There are also accessories and catering equipment which are imported from France. 

Ekol Food owns a few private labels which are known as:

• Mushroom & More
• Anatolia
• Finetaste
• Champemy

Concerning logistics, Ekol Food owns 4 warehouses with a capacity of 12 000 pallets each and a fleet of temperature-controlled vehicles.