Cape Cuisine

Name

Cape Cuisine

Legal name

Carbisdale Trading CC

Website

https://capecuisine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Food Distribution

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Foodservice Cash-and-Carry (Restaurants/Caterers) (CRAHACAC)

Keywords

• Food distribution services
• Hospitality supply
• Catering supplies
• Food wholesale
• Hotel restaurant supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Hospitality Supply Distribution: Cape Cuisine generates revenue through the sale and distribution of food products, catering equipment, cleaning materials, packaging, and hospitality supplies to hotels, restaurants, and catering establishments. Revenue comes from product sales with competitive pricing, sourcing hard-to-find items, and supplying a wide range of brands including dry goods, chilled/frozen foods, and equipment. The company operates on a B2B model targeting the hospitality industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cape Cuisine is an independent food and hospitality supply distributor that sells and delivers dry goods, chilled and frozen foods, catering and food service equipment, food packaging, cleaning materials, crockery, amenities, liquor, and hotel/restaurant consumables to hotels, restaurants, catering establishments, and institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa. It operates as a one-stop supplier, sourcing hard-to-find items on request and providing on-time delivery with 5-star service standards. Orders are taken by telesales, field sales, or via an online ordering portal.

Product overview

Cape Cuisine is an independent food distributor and catering supplier to the hospitality industry in the Western Cape, operating as a single unified distribution service rather than a modular platform. The company offers eleven distinct product categories: Dry Goods (food staples and branded products), Food Service Equipment, Food Packaging, Cleaning Materials, Catering Equipment, Health & Organic Foods, Hotel & Restaurant Consumables, Chilled & Frozen Foods, Crockery, Amenities, and Liquor. All products are distributed to 5-star hotels, restaurants, and the catering trade, with the company sourcing hard-to-find items if not in stock. The business model emphasizes comprehensive '5-star' service under one roof, allowing clients to order multiple product categories from a single supplier.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dry Goods Dry goods food distribution covering tinned goods, baking ingredients, spices, flour, oils, exotic and sushi ingredients, cereals, pasta, and sauces, supplied to hotels, restaurants, and catering establishments from brands such as All Gold, Lazenby's, Nestle, Bokomo, Snowflake, Goldcrest, Knorr, and Robertson's.
• Chilled & Frozen Foods
• Health & Organic Foods
• Catering Equipment
• Food Service Equipment
• Food Packaging
• Cleaning Materials
• Hotel & Restaurant Consumables
• Crockery
• Amenities Hotel and restaurant amenities supplies for the hospitality industry (detailed product list not specified in available source pages).
• Liquor Liquor distribution services for the hospitality industry (detailed product list not specified in available source pages).

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gordon Food Service: North American family-owned broadline foodservice distributor. Comparable business model to Cape Cuisine — multi-category distribution to hotels, restaurants, and caterers — but operates at vastly larger scale and serves as a strategic benchmark for the foodservice distribution category.
• Imperial Logistics Foodservice: Diversified logistics group with foodservice distribution operations across South Africa and the continent. Comparable to Cape Cuisine in foodservice end markets but operates at much larger scale with broader transport, warehousing, and supply-chain capabilities.
• Sysco: Global largest broadline foodservice distributor serving hotels, restaurants, healthcare, and education. Comparable in business model, customer profile, and product breadth, though at a dramatically different scale and serving as an industry reference point for foodservice distribution.
• Tiger Brands: South Africa's largest branded food manufacturer with significant foodservice sales through its out-of-home division. Comparable to Cape Cuisine in that several Tiger Brands SKUs flow through Cape Cuisine's distribution; competes as a supplier into the same hospitality accounts.

Regional players

• Country Bird Holdings: South African poultry and protein producer with downstream foodservice supply into restaurants and hospitality. Comparable in that several protein SKUs they produce flow into the same hospitality accounts that Cape Cuisine serves.

Direct peers

• Pecks (Anchor Group): South African foodservice distributor serving the hospitality and catering trade with a broad range of dry, chilled, and frozen products. Comparable to Cape Cuisine in customer segments, distribution model, and product breadth.
• Bidvest Foodservice: One of South Africa's largest foodservice distributors supplying hotels, restaurants, and caterers with dry, chilled, and frozen goods plus equipment. Directly comparable to Cape Cuisine in product categories, customer base, and B2B distribution model, but operating at national scale.

Emerging players

• Symega Food Ingredients: Foodservice ingredient supplier operating in South Africa and broader African markets with sauces, dressings, and value-added products to hospitality and food manufacturers. Comparable in supplying hospitality customers with branded products, though more ingredient-focused than full-line distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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