The Basic Foods Product Range is one of the largest collections of quality food and beverage items available hospitality industry. It includes some of South Africa’s most well-loved brands and ranges from day to day kitchen consumables to exotic spices and other highly sought after products. For a full listing of all of our products, please download our product list here. Alternatively you can find out more about or diverse product categories below:

Dry Goods

We stock a complete range of well-priced famous brand dry goods that are popular in hotels and restaurant kitchens all over South Africa. This includes, but is not limited to cooking oils, cereals, spices, tinned foods and even exotic sushi ingredients.

Food Packaging

Thanks to our good relationships with food packaging manufacturers in South Africa, we can provide your restaurant, conference centre and hotel with a full range of different food packaging products. This includes everything from pizza boxes and fomolight cups to takeaway boxes and cookie cups.

Cleaning Materials

The Basic Foods Product Range includes all major restaurant and hotel cleaning materials as well as cleaning equipment. Tried and trusted brands such as Sunlight Liquid, Mr Min and Handy Andy make up our Cleaning Materials Product Range, which also includes economic bulk brands and specialist cleaning items.

Health & Organic Foods

More and more restaurants, hotels and catering services are demanding healthier products to keep their clients satisfied. Thanks to our expert knowledge in this field we are the best Distribution Service to supply you with everything you need to create the perfect healthy meal.

Hotel & Restaurant Consumables

No matter what Hotel & Restaurant Consumables you are looking for, we here at Basic Foods can supply it! Silicon paper, toilet paper and even pest control materials are just some of the products we stock and deliver to all of our clients in the Western Cape.

Chilled & Frozen Foods

Some of the tastiest Chilled & Frozen Food Brands in the country are available to order from our Basic Foods Product List. Plus, our guaranteed fresh food chain ensures that YOU get the best quality product delivered to your door and time again!

Dry Goods


No matter what Dry Goods you are looking for, we can provide you with everything you need thanks to our product list that includes well-known brands that are perfect for use in any professional hotel or restaurant kitchen. Everything from olive oil and Indian spices to tinned tuna and sushi ingredients are available from our distribution centre in Paarl, which makes ordering all of your dry goods from a single supplier so much simpler.

Top Dry Goods Brands Available

Thanks to our working relationships with some of South Africa’s top Dry Goods manufacturers, we can provide your Boland based professional kitchen with any of the following top brand names:

  • All Gold Products
  • Nestle Products
  • Bokomo Products
  • Snowflake Flour
  • Goldcrest Products
  • Knorr Products
  • Robertson’s Spices

Please Note! The above list is just a selection of some of the top Dry Goods brands that we stock. For a full product list please download our updated product list here.

Top Dry Goods Orders

Our customers in the Boland area of the Western Cape regularly order the following Dry Goods from us:

  • Assorted Tinned Foods
  • Specialised Baking Ingredients (Including Cake Flour, Rye Flour, Whole Wheat Flour)
  • Exotic Herbs and Spices
  • Olive Oils
  • Cooking Oils
  • Palm Oil
  • Cotton Oil
  • Vanilla Pods
  • Red Vinegar
  • White Vinegar
  • Balsamic Vinegar
  • Rice Vinegar
  • Wasabi
  • Nori Sheets
  • Japanese Sticky Rice
  • Breakfast Cereals
  • Pasta
  • Tomato Sauce
  • Worcester Sauce
  • HP Sauce

The massive food packaging range that we stock at Basic Foods will help ensure that we can fulfil any Food Packaging order that you place with us, no matter how big or small it might be. Our reliable Boland delivery schedules also ensure that you will never be without the products that you need when you need them.

We Stock Well-Known Food Packaging Brands

Our buyers have spent years building the strongest possible relationships with some of South Africa’s top Food Packaging Manufacturers. This helps to ensure that we can offer you all of the best products from companies such as:

  • Hanco
  • Mondi

Please Note! Hanco and Mondi are just two of the many manufacturers that we deal with. If you would like a full Food Packaging list then please download our latest product list.

Top Food Packaging Orders

The list below includes a selection of some of our most popular food packaging products that are regularly ordered by our customers in the Boland area:

  • Take Away Containers (Paper, Board and Foil)
  • Fomolight Containers and Cups
  • TC Tubs
  • Generic Pizza Boxes
  • Cling Film
  • Oven Foil
  • Foil Tubs
  • Grease Proof Oven Bags
  • Measured Portion Bags
  • Vacuum Cleaner Bags
  • Reusable Plastic Containers
  • Cake Boxes
  • Cake Boards
  • Tiered Cake Stands
  • Cookie Cups

The Basic Foods Hotel and Restaurant Cleaning Materials Range has been put together to help ensure that it is simple to order all of the cleaning materials that you will need from one source.  This will allow you to run an effective professional kitchen that is easy to keep clean and free of environmental contaminants.

Top SA Cleaning Material Brands

Our selection of local top South African Cleaning Material Brands is second to none and includes:

  • Stay Soft Fabric Softner
  • Mr. Min Polish
  • Omo Washing Powder
  • Jik Bleach
  • Vanish Stain Remover
  • Handy Andy All Purpose Cleaner
  • Sunlight Washing Liquid

Please Note! Other than the top brands mentioned on this list, we also stock a large amount of bulk and econo cleaning materials. For a look at of our entire cleaning product range, please download our Cleaning Materials Product List.

Popular Cleaning Materials Products

Our Boland based restaurant and hotel customers regularly order the following Cleaning Materials from us:

  • Dishwashing Liquids
  • Bleach
  • Dishwashing Liquid
  • Disinfectants
  • Washing Powders
  • Dishwashing Powder
  • All Purpose Kitchen Cleaner
  • Floor Wax
  • Tile Cleaners
  • Carpet Fresheners
  • Oven & Grill Cleaners

One of the fastest growing segments of our business is the Health and Organic Foods markets. This is all thanks to the stringent quality measures that we have put in place to ensure only the best Health and Organic Food Products ever leave our distribution centre in Paarl.

Imported and Local Health & Organic Food Brands

All of the most well-known local and imported Health and Organic Food Brands are available to order from us. For a full list of all of the products that we stock, please download our Health and Organic Foods List.

Popular Health & Organic Products

We have included a short list of some of our most popular organic and health foods that are currently available to order from us:

  • Organic Seeds
  • Quinoa Seeds
  • Bulgar Wheat
  • Buckwheat Flour
  • Rye Flour
  • Organic Honey
  • Organic Olive Oil
  • Organic Balsamic Vinegar
  • Soya Milk
  • Chinese Tofu

We have a large range of specialised Restaurant and Hotel Consumables available for our customers in the catering industry to order. Our products are all of the highest quality and sourced from both local and international manufacturers.

Order From Basic Foods Today!

For ease of use we have included a full Restaurant and Hotel Consumables Product List! This will enable you to order all of your Restaurant and Hotel Consumables from one source, saving you both time and money.

Popular Restaurant and Hotel Consumables

Below is a list of our most popular Restaurant and Hotel Consumables that are being ordered by our customers:

  • Oven Foil
  • Cling Film
  • Single-ply and Two-ply Serviettes
  • Single-ply and Two-ply Toilet Paper
  • Insect and Pest Control Products
  • Various Cleaning Products
  • Absorbent Kitchen Towels
  • Swabs
  • Mutton Cloth
  • Colour Coded Cloths
  • Disinfectant Wipes
  • Air Freshener
  • Wax Paper
  • Silicon Paper
  • Latex Gloves
  • Plastic Gloves

We source only the best Chilled and Frozen Foods to help ensure that your kitchen receives top quality fresh ingredients each and every time you order from us. We also adhere to the strictest possible cold chain protocols that enable us to deliver farm fresh meat and vegetables to you every time you place a Basic Foods order with us.

Well-Known Chilled & Frozen Food Brands

South Africa is renowned for its fresh foods, which allows us to source the best brands available for use in your kitchen. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Eskort Meats
  • Rainbow Chicken
  • McCain Foods
  • I&J Foods
  • Kerrygold
  • Lurpak
  • Clover
  • Parmalat
  • Flora
  • Sunshine-D

Please Note! For a list of our entire Chilled and Frozen Foods Range please download our Fresh and Frozen Foods List!

Popular Chilled & Frozen Food Products

Our Basic Foods customers in the Boland region of the Western Cape regularly order the following Chilled and Frozen items from us:

  • Back Bacon
  • Feta Cheese
  • Mature Cheddar Cheese
  • Italian Style Mozzarella Cheese
  • French Style Brie
  • French Style Camembert
  • Bluerock Cheese
  • Italian Style Parmesan Cheese
  • Bulk Butter
  • Single Serve Butter (Mini Butter)
  • Full Fat Margarine
  • Low Fat Margarine
  • Single Serve Margarines (Mini Margarine)
  • Long Life Creams
  • UHT Milk (Long Life)
  • Pesto
  • Humus
  • Tsatsiki
  • Phyllo Pastry
  • Spring Roll Pastries
  • Puff Pastry
  • Cured Ham
  • Frozen Chicken Livers
  • Tortilla Wraps
  • Nachos
  • Crushed Garlic