La Marina Foods
Cheese in Edenvale

La Marina’s vision is to be the number one supplier in the hospitality industry, offering exceptional service and quality products. Our commitment to our operating partners and staff is continuously emphasised by living our values as we grow. Our guiding values are integral to the way in which we manage our business. Kirsten Jooste who is the owner and director of La Marina Foods began her journey in 1995.Kirsten, who was an independent agent in the fish industry; decided to buy a small company called La Marina Foods and thus got into the industry on a firm footing. Within 4 years in a small factory through hard work and great service the company doubles in size. Another 5 years on the decision was taken to build a state of the art factory to accommodate the vast increase in business. It took 2 years to complete and was designed and is operated to the extremely high standards and requirements of the industry in Europe. Sustainability was achieved with the inclusion of a ozonation system throughout the factory for top quality hygiene and sanitisation. This is backed by a 500 KVA generator and a water storage facility with solar panels to reduce carbon footprint.Once in our new owned factory premises, La Marina Foods expanded at a phenomenal growth. Under Kirsten’s leadership and very loyal and competent staff of around 100 employees the company is known to go the extra mile. At the same time the company diversified and grew many other lines as suppose to the core business in fish. La Marina foods also now performs strongly in exotic food, dry goods, a full chicken range with cold meats to match and local and imported cheeses and dairy lines. This fully sustainable factory now holds over 2500 unique and well sourced products with emphasis on their sustainability. The company is known for its excellence in sourcing speciality requested items and tailoring order to client’s needs. With this phenomenal growth and to accommodate future developments, it was decided to establish an international head office in Mauritius. This would facilitate import and export at a higher level of efficiency and variety into established trade routes. Thus satisfying the company’s expansion requirements. Kirsten has always strived to offer service, reliability, honesty and integrity whilst offering a select and variety of comprehensive pantry upmarket goods aimed at the middle to upper class market that requires quality products. A different experience and much touted as one of Johannesburg’s BEST kept secrets.