About Risberg Import

Welcome

Risberg Import AB is a 37 years old (Est. 1976) independent private own company that provides the Scandinavian market with authentic original spicy food products (sauces, marinades, dressings, flavored natural oils, chili paste, coconut products, seasonings and noodles) from different parts of Asia, USA mainly from New Orleans and from Brazil in South America.

Risberg Import AB operates from a modern distribution facility of 10800 sq.ft. (1000 kvm) located in Huddinge 15 km south of central Stockholm (45 minutes from Arlanda airport).

Risberg Import Quality Rules

Original products with original taste

Premium quality and smart packing

Safe ingredients approved by EFSA and BRC

Never out of stock 98 % delivery dependability

Quick deliveries all over Sweden

None GMO policy with all imported products

Swedish labels or stickers on all items

Specifications on all products from all manufacturers

Supplier audits and batch documentation

Code of Conduct & Ethical Trading with all suppliers

As well as supplying a range of key ingredients and sauces under our own Risberg label, we are the exclusive distributor in Sweden for a number of leading Oriental & American brands which include: Chalice - Chef Paul - Flower Brand - Woody’s - Koningsvogel - MeZap - Lee Kum Kee – Rajah – Bulliard's - Sakura - Tony Chacheres - Try Me - Samlip - Kookje Foods - Renuka - Squid Brand - Nellie & Joe's - Luzienne - CJ Annie Chun's - Max

During 2013 we imported around 122 containers with products from following countries:

Brazil - China - England - Greece - Holland - India - Indonesia - Japan - Korea - Malaysia - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Thailand  - USA - Vietnam.

All 20” containers are floor loaded or with cargo loaded on10 block pallets

All 40” containers are floor loaded or with cargo loaded on 22 block pallets

If you are a manufacturer or a brand owner in our trade (sauces, marinades, dressings flavored natural oils, chili paste, coconut products, seasonings or noodles) and are looking for an exclusive distributor in Sweden that can cover all client segments (retail, restaurants, food manufacturers) on the Swedish market then please feel free contact us by sending a e-mail info(a)risbergimport.se

Categories of clients and distribution chain

Risberg Import AB comprises in 4 main businesses: Restaurant wholsalers- Retail - Food industry - Export.

Restaurant

Our clients in this segment are Swedish restaurant wholesalers that distribute our products to restaurants all over Sweden.

The distribution on the Swedish market is controlled by 3 giant restaurant wholesalers that sell food products to 85 % of all restaurants in Sweden.

Risberg Import AB is an approved primary supplier to these giant wholesaler and have been so since 1976. Due to agreement with our restaurant wholesaler we don’t supply our products direct to restaurants = all our products can only be bought thru some of our distributors (that can be found on the restaurant page).

Retail

In this segment we have two types of clients, big supermarket chains (ICA 50 %, Coop 21,3 %, Axfood 15,8 % and independent stores with 12,9 % of the total retail market) with central listed product that we deliver to the supermarket chains central warehouse and also direct stores all over Sweden that buy our full range of products direct from our warehouse.

The Swedish retail market is dominated by 3 giant supermarket chains (3500 stores) that controls 87,1 % of the whole retail market in Sweden.

Retail sales in Sweden is traded around 228 billion SEK/34 billion US$ in 2013

Risberg Import AB has been an approved primary supplier to these 3 big retail supermarket chains (ICA, COOP, Axfood) since 2003.

Risberg Import AB is certified for the standard “IP Livsmedel utgåva 2012:1” bye Sigill Kvalitetssystem AB for handling of wholesaling, importing and selling groceries to the Swedish retail system. Certificate No. 181406528 valid from 2013-10-03 until 2015-07-03.

Food Industry

Since 1995 Risberg Import has been supplying various big Swedish food industry clients with different types of condiments, sauces, oils, liquid smoke, chutneys and chili paste in special packing from 10 kg up to 1050 kg bag in box. Today the list with clients is long and even reached outside Sweden to food manufacturers in Norway and Denmark.

Export

Risberg Import also distributes some brands to Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Spain and Germany.

Ethical Trading and Code of Conduct (Risbergs 的行為守則)

Risberg Import AB require all suppliers/manufacturers to comply with all local, national and international laws, in the areas of working hours and conditions, safety and hygienic, rates of living wages, no inhuman treatment, no discrimination, terms of employment and minimum age of employment. Risberg Import AB also requires that all our supplier/manufacturer comply and sign our “Code of Conduct” document below in order to become a certified supplier/partner.

Risberg Import "Code of Conduct" (PDF)      Risberg Import "Uppförandekod 2012" (PDF)

Risberg Import Headquarter

Warehouse facility of 10800 sq.ft. (1000 kvm)

Risberg Import AB
Dalhemsvägen 35
SE-141 46 Huddinge
Sweden

Triple AAA rated by

In Sweden (2013) there is around 310,000 limited companies and out of them ONLY 2,400 have the Triple AAA credit rating.

(AAA = credit risk almost zero) Risberg Import AB is one of those 2,400 companies that are Triple AAA rated and have been that for more then 16 years.