The purpose of this site is to offer effective product sourcing to importers, distributors and individual clients who are interested in reaching reliable and professional suppliers in the Mediterranean area.  My primary operation centres around the Italian supplier market and I am specialised in products from central and southern Italy.  I work with a small number of carefully selected suppliers which represent the best of Made in Italy in the Mediterranean region. 
 
My organisation represents, for many of my clients, an important link in their purchasing chain, offering support through all the complex stages of supplier sourcing, product development and purchasing.  Once products are placed the fundamental process of account management follows to ensure the client is supported and satisfied with his choice.   

As the international specialist food market develops many companies find themselves more able than ever before to get in touch with new potential suppliers, but unfortunately less able to dedicate the time and energy required to develop that contact to its maturity and eventually arrive at the stage of placing an order and then developing the supplier - client relationship.   My role in this process is to facilitate the job of product and supplier sourcing in numerous food and drink categories and then act as a key account manager for selected clients who need to have a constant and dependable direct link to the supplier.  

In my opinion nothing can substitute a hands-on approach, getting to know your suppliers, visiting their premises regularly, working with them through every stage of product development, production and delivery.  I specialise in getting you the product you want, at the right price, private label or supplier branded and I follow the process from beginning to end personally to be sure what is delivered fulfils your expectations as a valued client dealing directly with the factory.  

As I have been living and working in the South of Italy for the last 12 years I have therefore been able to carefully select the right companies, many of which are BRC / EFSIS / ISO 9001 quality certified, FDA registered and Kosher certified, and build up through time a close business relationship with them based on mutual respect.

They are happy to trust me with their export activities and a number of their key accounts and in return I help them to work with prestigious clients and therefore obtain listings in some of the most important stores on a worldwide scale.   

James E. Mckeown