Rituparna Chatterjee – Mumbai

GTT Foods, a producer and exporter of traditional Turkish food products, is looking at expanding its distribution network in India. Presently, the company has three distributors across Pune and other locations and is looking at establishing a pan India presence. Elaborating on this, Uddhay S Tambe, sales manager, GTT Foods Dubai stated, “India is our target market since there is immense potential here for our products. We have been exporting our products from Turkey to India for more than 10 years but now we want to focus aggressively on this market. We are receiving enquiries from retailers, dry fruit shops, hotels, catering companies, etc since people here are aware of our products’ quality. At present, we have three distributors in India and we have enquiries coming in from 10 more. We want to have a pan India presence and are looking at Mumbai, others parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. We are participating in food exhibitions to reach out to more people.”

GTT Foods’ product portfolio includes dry figs and apricots, hazelnuts, macaroni/ spaghetti, biscuits, wafers, crackers, candies, flour, semolina and pulses. The company sells its products under the names of Golda, Melda, Afra, Al Fakher, Dona Mia, Bello Grano and Perfetto. It mostly exports its products to Japan, South Korea, Somalia, South Africa, among others. Speaking about the company’s growth worldwide, Tambe mentioned, “Every year we are growing at a rate of 20 plus per cent.”