Small Business: Alamir Bakery, Wellington's 27-year-old Lebanese food manufacturer
24 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
5 minutes to read
The Dia family behind Wellington-based Lebanese food manufacturer Alamir Bakery. Photo / Supplied
Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
Ali Dia, managing director of family-run Alamir Bakery, talks about helping his parents as a child, taking over the business with his brothers, and recovering from Covid-19 disruption.
What does your business do?
Alamir
Bakery produces staple Lebanese foods for distribution to supermarkets, other stores and the food service industry across New Zealand. It's a family-run business that started in 1993, making foods such as pita bread, tahini, tahini sauce, hummus and falafel. We have more than 100 restaurants that use our products.