Golden Country Profile
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BACKGROUND OF GOLDEN COUNTRY

We are one of the largest Asian, African, Caribbean and Oriental wholesale food importers and distributors in the United States. We are located in Chicago, Illinois. Our 215,000 square feet distribution center is located at 2355 S. Blue Island Avenue in the heart of the wholesale food district. Our distribution center handles both walk-in customers as well as the shipping of truckloads and container loads to points throughout the Midwest and North America.

We carry over 4000 dry and frozen products from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, most of which we import directly from manufacturers. We import directly from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, Vietnam, Jamaica and the Philippines. Most of the products we carry are well known in the countries they were manufactured and are sought after regularly by Asians, Africans and Caribbeanites who live in the United States. Since we import products directly from the manufacturers, we are able to negotiate the most competitive prices. Additionally, we sell many food service, restaurant and institutional food items. Our customers are located throughout the Chicagoland area, the Midwestern portion of the United States and throughout North America. Customers can either drive their trucks to our distribution center to order and pick-up their merchandise, or they can request us to ship the products directly to them by independent truckers or by our own trucks. We also frequently engage independent truckers to deliver by the truckload or container load.

Manufacturers have recognized us as one of the Midwest's leading Asian, African and Caribbean distributors and as one of the few full line distributors left in the food industry. Manufacturers have asked us to represent their product lines here in the Midwest. Among the many products we represent include Kikkoman products. We are also the Midwest or national distributor for Ve Wong/Kung Fu noodle products based in Taiwan, Lee Kum Kee products based in Hong Kong, TYJ Spring Roll Skin manufactured in Singapore, Mama Instant Noodles, Wai Wai Noodles, Erawan Products, Foco Juices and Tiparos Fish Sauce based in Thailand, Mang Tomas Sauces, Jufran Sauces, Excellent Noodles, Simex Wrappers, Pacific Isles Fish Products, Lucky Me Noodles, Jack & Jill Snacks, Rosan Frozen Vegetables and Silver Swan Sauces manufactured in the Philippines, Ligo and Liberty Gold products, Hereford Products and Hormel Liverwurst manufactured in the United States and Nestle Foods' Asian product line, which includes such items as Milo, Maggi and Nestle's Sweetened Condensed Milk. We also represent Grace and D&G products from Jamaica.