Anchor Packaging specializes in a range of high-quality packaging products, with a particular focus on their range and range. They are known for their exceptional customer service, their expertise in printing and custom branding, and offering the best pulp products on the market. Their commitment to their customers and environment are what sets them apart from their competitors.

Anchor Packaging acknowledges the significance of recycling in Australia, and their brand provides products crafted from post-consumer recycled materials that can be entirely recycled once used. The BetaEco line presents a range of sustainable items, such as cold cups, deli containers, paper straws, wooden cutlery, hand towels, garbage bags, and washroom products.

Strong partnerships with brands

Anchor Packaging serves a range of customers in the foodservice industry. They work with companies like Daily Fresh, , Bidfood, and various smaller customers, including wholesalers and chain stores. The company establishes strong partnerships with its customers, often collaborating closely with end users and passing valuable insights back to their wholesalers. Some notable brands they work with include , , , and .

Certifications and awards

They hold various Australian certifications and standards for their wide array of products, including . Their pulp range is certified as home compostable, allowing it to be disposed of in green bins. The company takes pride in these certifications as they demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and responsible packaging practices.

The team

Anchor Packaging fosters a lively and energetic team culture. They maintain active group chats and celebrate wins together. The company places great importance on building relationships, both within the team and with their customers and representatives. The energetic and passionate atmosphere at Anchor Packaging creates an environment of continuous growth and success.

YCC has organically grown its business by building up a reputation of excellence and quality. Specialising in chicken, the business has evidently grown from one category to now several – from only poultry products to meat, game, small goods, and seafood. Their strong dedication to ensuring customer satisfaction and high quality products every single time explains their success today.

Run by a team of wholesale food and distribution experts who aim to deliver “quality with a difference,” the staff assist in the accuracy of delivery times (delivering before noon), payments, and excelling customer expectations with competitive pricing. 

Consistent Growth

The growth of YCC is evident in their consistent drive to provide the best produce, every single time. From 2 trucks to 32, 20 to 220 staff members, delivering over 35,000 chickens a day and delivering over 5 tonnes of bacon a week, the numbers speak for themselves. The days can be busy and stressful at YCC Poultry, but through consistency and great management, all orders are handled with care and precision.

Wide Variety

Customers can choose from various chicken cuts including chicken breast, tenderloins, kebabs, drumstick, wing nibbles, and countless more. This wide variety is highly helpful for caterers who often place large quantity orders last-minute, or at a late hour of the day. YCC caters for their customers’ various needs with late cut off times and is able to tend to these requests. Aside from cut options, customers are given a great selection, with their products ranging from frozen, pre-cooked, processed, organic, and free range. These come from an enviro-organic farm that produces organic whole birds. YCC guarantees that all products are hormone free, HACCP-certified and Halal-approved by the NSW Food Authority.

The Space

YCC’s operational facility is located in Bankstown, with a state of the art process and cold storage facility, as well as a boning and skinning room, portion control area, foodservice operation area and large refrigeration and freezing areas. They also run an extreme sanitation process to ensure cleanliness and quality of product, which includes after-hours steam cleans, de-grease and sanitising programs. Their facilities also include an on-site shop, with wholesale prices offered directly to the public.

YCC’s operational facility is located in Bankstown, with a state of the art process and cold storage facility, as well as a boning and skinning room, portion control area, foodservice operation area and large refrigeration and freezing areas. They also run an extreme sanitation process to ensure cleanliness and quality of product, which includes after-hours steam cleans, de-grease and sanitising programs. Their facilities also include an on-site shop, with wholesale prices offered directly to the public.

3 Reasons to Use Foodlink

1. Supersized Warehouse = Huge Stock Quantities

Located in Kingsgrove NSW, ’s state-of-the-art facility is 170,000sqm in size, equivalent to almost 6 ANZ stadiums in size. The warehouse section for dry goods alone has a maximum holding capacity of 3000 pallets, while the chilled section holds 800 pallets and the freezer holds 2500.

To manage the high volume of orders daily,  has over 200 employees who work round the clock, 6 days a week with the first shifts starting at 7pm. 54 Foodlink trucks leave the facility at 4am every morning, making deliveries to venues all around the Greater Sydney Region. Every day is a big and busy day at , but thanks to their continuous efforts in streamlining and perfecting their operations, all orders are managed with care and precision in the most efficient way possible.

2. Seafood Experts

Although  offers an extensive range of products including Frozen, Chilled and Dairy goods, their largest and most successful category is . prides themselves of their diverse and extensive selection of fresh seafood, guaranteed at only the best quality.

Their warehouse processes 10 tonnes of Salmon alone every single week. Another popular option, Barramundi, processes about 4-5 tonnes worth weekly. Despite the extraordinary amount of seafood that is processed in their facility, they ensure that all seafood is processed inside their own facility. The reason for this is simple; “it’s all about the freshness,” Jim Sayegh, General Manager at tells us on our visit to their warehouse.

 goes to the fish market every single morning, meaning they only provide only the highest quality seafood products and a shorter distribution channel, a key aspect in providing fresh produce that will stay fresh by the time an order is delivered.

Aside from Seafood, buyers are likely to find just about anything they need thanks to ’s extensive product range. Foodlink believes their product range completes the largest, most cost effective, and diverse range offered in the Greater Sydney Region. Their goods cover both local and international markets, providing products from Italy, India, China, Korea, Japan and more. 

3. State of the Art Machinery

An important aspect of streamlining their operations is investing in machinery that not only saves time and effort, but reduces waste and guarantees zero mistakes when handling orders.

Their Portioning Machine ensures they remain sustainable to reduce waste while delivering orders at top speed. Through programming, the machine recognises and portions different fish to size, cutting to the exact size or weight of the portion required and can produce approximately 3500 portions in just 1.5 hours.

Other machines include their Packing Machine, which packs and vacuum seals any type of food to completely remove all air to ensure maximum freshness for the customer by the time they receive their order.

Certifications

General Manager, Jim tells us when it comes to certifications for : “we tick all the boxes.” Any food service certification you can think of, Foodlink is likely to have it as industry certifications are of critical importance for them. It’s one of the major ways the wholesale food supplier demonstrates their commitment to the highest level of foodservice industry standards, and builds trust with their customers to give them peace of mind about the products they receive.”

“The first thing people ask (when deciding to work with us) are what certifications do we have? Especially the bigger places need to know everything, all about traceability and where the food is coming from.”

FoodLink is  certified, an internationally recognised system which is known for its difficulty due to its rigorous certification process and is not a mandatory requirement for Australian foodservice businesses. However, HACCP is just one of many certifications that FoodLink are not only proud of, but believe it is a basic necessity to have.

also partners with the Marine Stewardship council (MSC) and is the first seafood wholesale distributor in Sydney with certification from the MSC.

Waste Management

Conscious of their garbage waste and to ensure they are a sustainable business, have put new systems in place to take practical steps to reduce their ecological footprint. Their goal is to decrease the amount of waste they output by , and this marks a significant move by the company. Nothing gets thrown out into the garbage at , whether it be packaging or food waste. All waste is recycled or repurposed.

All packaging is made from recyclable materials, including non-waxed boxes, and recycled after use.

When it comes to ’s largest specialty, Seafood, there are 2-3 tonnes of just seafood waste alone every single day. This seafood waste is collected and sent to pet food manufacturers in the region.

Consider  for all your Dry Goods and Seafood needs – they are a broadline supplier that are also experts in the freshest seafood you will ever find. With an armada of trucks and top service, you can rely on  to service your hospitality venue – no matter how big or small.