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In2Food Australia
Making a conscious decision to source quality food from the farm to customers, In2food Australia is a world-class food service. With a history dating back to the 1960s, In2food is passionate about supplying consistent quality and freshly prepared food while always keeping in mind food traceability, safety, and sustainability. Every week In2food purchases fresh produce from the Melbourne Market for their fresh prepared produce and prepared food offerings.
History
Bill Kollatos founded Yarra Valley Farms in September 2001. Yarra Valley Farms aimed to fill gaps in the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market, focusing on franchising and technology. The business grew and expanded into Sydney, Byron Bay, and Brisbane, setting up an east coast supply base. In 2015, Yarra Valley Farms and In2food South Africa created a joint venture to bring the Inspired Food Solutions brand to life. With a passion for producing high quality prepared food and a flair for new product development, Inspired Food Solutions was created to bring the David Jones food journey to Australia. In January 2018, the In2food Australia brand was launched and acquired Yarra Valley Farms, T&F All States, and Inspired Food Solutions, focusing on providing localised services to their customers with the strength of national capabilities. This put In2food in a unique position as the only core produce, prepared produce and prepared food offering in Australia, with specialised high care facilities. Not long after, In2food Australia acquires Bidfood Fresh and strengthens its national footprint for Australiawide procurement and supply to the foodservice, export, and retail sectors. Through their love of food, In2food delivers trusted products with an uncompromising passion for inspiring their people, customers, and world. With access to all produce markets, the In2food buying team will source the fresh produce that is then supplied to customers and used in their production facilities, ensuring traceability from paddock to plate.
All of In2food's prepared produce and prepared food continues through their high care HACCP-certified facilities, where food safety is managed through technology and traceability. Fresh produce is made into ready-made meals and snacks, hygienically packed and delivered to suppliers such as David Jones & BP service station offer, food services and catering industry, cruise ships, and the mining industry. In2food has a focus on sustainability and is a founding partner and a certified partner enrich360. All In2food customers have the opportunity to be certified as well via their association with In2food. enrich360 is a program designed to help save our soil, remove food waste from landfills, and provide us with more nutritious, tastier food. Foodservice outlets convert their food waste into nutrients, which organic fertiliser uses certified dehydration machines. The fertiliser goes back to In2food farm partners stopping the food waste from going into landfills, reducing the methane that destroys our ozone layer while supporting farmers to grow better, more nutritious produce, and prevents soil degradation. Further to the enriching program, In2food has entered into a five-year partnership with CHEP to support cardboard removal from the foodservice industry and our world. This partnership with CHEP will allow In2food to efficiently implement Reusable Plastic Containers (RPC's) from our growers directly to our customers resulting in a more efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable supply chain. In2food Australia CEO, Bill Kollatos, said "In2food's very realistic goal is to remove 10 million cardboard boxes per year from our industry by 2024." "We anticipate this eliminating approximately 14,200 tonnes of carbon, over 19,800 tonnes of solid waste, and over 105,700kL of freshwater over the same period. This supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 12)." "We are excited at the opportunity of building the first national fresh produce, prepared produce and prepared food business catering for foodservice retail and the export markets through our values, people, and innovation," said Mr. Kollatos.
