Testimonials
24 August 2022
Bula Neel & Raj,
Thank you for the sample of Lami Kava’s lewena kava powder. Father and son team (Ram Dev Singh and Aneesh Singh) thoroughly enjoyed the kava session with Lami Kava. It tasted exactly like hand-pounded lewena. It was pure kava. We recommend Lami Kava’s lewena kava to those who love kava. It’s the taste of Fiji. God bless Fiji and its people.
Ram Dev Singh
Retired Farm Manager
Koronivia Research Station, Fiji
10 March 2022
Dear Usha,
I can’t thank you enough for arranging the Brunswick premium sardine purchase. I express my gratitude. It was a safe delivery of my goods. I sincerely thank you for facilitating the purchase. I have looked extensively for over a year now to find this product to no avail. So, you have made my day!
I would be grateful if you keep me in mind in future should you be able to more stock of Brunswick premium sardines.
Stay safe, and thank you once again.
Gina Citizen
Consumer
Murrumbateman, NSW
09 March 2022
Dear Raj,
I appreciate all the information that you have supplied me about kava import last few weeks. It has been extremely helpful. So far, the hype and interest surrounding the release of LAMI KAVA brand have been extremely positive. The initial order should give me an indication of how much I can move within the first month of sales.
There are other unnamed brands of kava floating around here in Western Australia. However, customer feedback has indicated that they would much prefer the LAMI KAVA brand.
Marea Murray
Retail Specialist
Maddington, Western Australia
12 Feb 2022
It will surely rekindle many relationships and bring back memories of yesteryears. Lami Kava will bring you back to Fiji time… relaxing time! Its talo time.
Rajeet Singh
Real Estate Consultant
Nadi, Fiji
Thank you for the opportunity to taste Wild One premium fruit juice. It is the finest quality and tastes superb. Good to know it is shelf-stable as well as lunch box friendly. Cheers.
It has arrived. We had the taste test this morning and the cheese is perfect. Thanks for your help too. You have exceeded our expectations.
I am pleased to hear you bring back SolTuna and Solomon Blue tuna. It is the best news we have heard for sometime. You know that we love the products. It tastes great and it is purest tuna available. Absolutely premium tuna. I will market this for you in our community.
The Fortune Thai Hom-Mali rice is very good quality. We cooked Nasi Goreng Ayam with it. We need another bag next week.
I am a fan of your Aussie Desi ghee. I love it. It’s the best desi ghee in the market. It is authentic, full of flavour and aromatic. My extended family and friends love it too. I am such a big fan of Pepe Sayer now that I follow them on their social media. Great product. It’s a winner for you.
It tastes great when cooked with potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. I added onions and little curry powder. This was my taste, hope you guys enjoy it as much.
Thank you for asking. The pallet arrived just earlier today. So great timing for Christmas. People are very happy now to have genuine Samoan coconut cream. I assume it will not last long on my shelves
Thank you once again for organising my orders, it has been a pleasure doing business with you.
Thank you for the Aussie Desi ghee. A lot of ghee has oily after taste. Aussie Desi ghee does not and has a texture which reminds me bit of old days when Ghee was used for cooking in lot of Indian foods. I made Halwa and then tried in dhal…Wow the whole taste and texture was different. Highly recommended Aussie Desi ghee because of the taste and Proudly Australian made. Taste and feel the difference.
It gives me great pleasure that the Aussie Desi Ghee is of top quality. Aussie Desi Ghee is unique, nothing in the market that you would compare with it. The taste and aroma reminded me of the childhood eating handmade ghee in Fiji. I will always be eating Aussie Desi ghee and recommending it to others.
Aussie Desi Ghee is full authentic flavour, taste and aroma like handmade ghee. This ghee is definitely a superior product comparing to others on the market. One can say Aussie Desi Ghee is out of this world. Desi ghee is a perfect accompaniment with dhal and rich, kichadi or eating on its own.
The Aussie Desi Ghee is superb product. It tastes authentic and looks 100% pure like traditional hand made ghee. I was sceptical when you told me it tastes like hand made ghee from Fiji. After eating, it sure does taste like hand made ghee. Please supply another 2 bottles.
Your Aussie Desi Ghee is a very good product. Thank you for dropping by the sample. It is good to see Australian product so good. Desi ghee has a pleasant aroma and tastes pure. It reminded me of eating hand made ghee back home, in Fiji.
Bhai, your Aussie Desi Ghee is number one! Cooking roti and maleeda was very tasty. It is beautiful ghee with nice texture, aroma and the taste are out of this world! Absolute delight eating Aussie Desi Ghee.
Aussie Desi Ghee is very nice. We cooked dhal with it was very tasty with a beautiful fragrance. Aussie Desi Ghee is 100% good stuff that we can recommend to others.
Thank you for the canned fish you sent for sampling. It is great tasting fish which has no fishy smell or after taste. The whole family loved TAHI mackerel. You are on to a winner. Must market well and penetrate the market. Tahi is better than most canned fish on the market today
TAHI fish is number one! No after taste, no fishy smell. It is perfect for fish curries. We enjoyed canned mackerel after many years. It is very quality fish and good size chunks.
After many years we tried canned mackerel. The family was pleasantly surprised with the fish quality and taste. TAHI canned fish reminded us of the yesteryears how we enjoyed canned fish curry with roti or rice. Full marks for you sourcing top quality mackerel and best of all it does not have the fishy odour. It is brilliant.
For a number of years now, I have been struggling to find a local supplier of Indian snacks that I love. Up until I came across HiLands Foods. I had to travel at least an hour to get the products I wanted, but of recent years I have not even be able to get those anywhere nearby. For the last couple of years I had to stock up when I visit my daughter who lives seven hours away! A couple of weeks ago I contacted HiLands Foods to see if there was any way of purchasing their products without having to travel so far. They have been unbelievably helpful in providing me with the snacks, and I cannot recommend them enough. Not only did they send me what I wanted, but they did it very efficiently. I am a very happy customer!
TAHI mackerel ticks all the boxes. It tastes fantastic, no fish smell, and is top quality fish. Well designed packaging that makes the product stand out from the crowd. TAHI mackerel surely represents itself as premium canned fish!
TAHI mackerel quality and taste is very good. Presentation is exceptional that places it in the high-end canned mackerel market. An excellent convenient food for a busy person like me. TAHI mackerel is a must for my pantry.
TAHI mackerel is number one! Excellent texture, taste and chunk sizes. It does not have the ‘fishy’ smell. TAHI mackerel will be great for fish patties, samosa and eating straight from the cans.
Thank you for the opportunity to taste your new product, TAHI mackerel. It is first class fish that does not have any fish odour. TAHI mackerel has decent size fish pieces and without much skin on the meat. Fish is well covered with oil and water. TAHI mackerel brought back childhood memories of eating tin fish curry and roti. All in all a top quality fish which will be a staple in pantry.
Thank you for the sample TAHI mackerel you gave me. The fish quality is brilliant and it does not have ‘fishy’ smell. The fish curry was so tasty that my family loved it. They did not leave much for me. TAHI mackerel in number one fish. Good find!
Thumbs up for Duke’s mayonnaise. It is fantastic taste and well priced.
Singhs bhuja snacks are very tasty and crunchy. It is very similar to bhuja mix made in Fiji. The range is big enough to select our favourites. Hot peas are fantastic with a cold beer. Children are loving Singhs mild mix and Bombay mix. Excellent choice of Indian snacks.
Thank you for the free sample and recommendation for MAS canned mackerel. It was delicious and good quality fish. MAS was better than other mackerel available in supermarkets. My son who is a fussy eater but loved MAS in tomato sauce. MALO white tuna flakes are fantastic for curries. Very nice.
Neel had brought in Duke’s mayonnaise for the sample. We have had great feedback for the mayonnaise. Our team loved the taste. It was wonderful. Please confirm if we could supply Duke’s mayo to our customers.
The Malo white tuna flakes that we bought recently from HiLands Foods is very good quality. It is great in sandwiches as well as curries. Malo white tuna is well priced and great value.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for you prompt service in supplying Hamper lamb tongues and Vigilante mussels. It is great that you stock these products as they are hard to find. We love the products.
We would like to thank Hilands Foods for your extraordinary generosity to touch our region. We were incredibly overwhelmed by your generosity, thank you for making such a huge difference to so many lives.
The Christmas hampers would not have been such a success without your compassion and love to give.
One Vietnamese lady, she was overwhelmed as she had coconut water, coconut snacks and oil, I am sorry we were not able to capture her joy and thankfulness.
So, so many people have just been incredibly thankful, the flour wow, we had a number of very big families that were so excited, flour and baking powder and especially over the holidays to cook for their children. We have had so many thank you’s and extreme joy from your gift.
Some of the thank you’s that we received.
This one from one of the agencies:
I Just wanted to pass on a message from our client and her two girls who received a Christmas hamper when she received it she began to cry, happy tears. She said “please tell everyone that donated food and items and volunteered their time a massive thank you as without that hamper we would have had nothing at Christmas so blessings to each and every one of you”.
From a single dad:
Last Christmas I had nothing, no food , no presents and no one. This Christmas I had amazing food and even presents and wrapping paper to wrap them up and family. I can’t thank you enough and express what this means to me and my family thank you
Many many lives have been touched and will continue to be touched as we have the pleasure to give away all that you sent up. Truly amazing and truly wonderful.
Words are not enough, but thank you.
Heckenberg NSW
Director Coco Coast
+61 447 600 422
Harshad Joshi
Ganga (Fiji) Ltd | M: +679-9999432
09 August 2017
Tricia Brunt
UPF Wholesale | P: +61 2 9603 1900
09 August 2017
HiLands Foods are a successful distributor in the NSW region, so we are confident of our Distributor Partnership. They have a great understanding of the Australian retail market and the capabilities of marketing the JT’s brands with monthly promotions and promotional programs. They also provide with market updates and sales reviews throughout.
JT’s Coconut Essence | M: +61 2 9603 1900
01 May 2017
Dear Usha,
Thank you for your follow-ups. Yes, we received the UFOs shipment today. We are glad that we have received it in time for the birthday party. You have done an awesome job.
Regards,
Emma Searle
Lindisfarne, TAS
25 November 2016
Hi Usha,
Thank you so much for all your help. I know my boys will be very surprised and delighted. It’s been 30 years since they have had Solomon Blue so they will be very excited. Your service and cooperation were fantastic and I really appreciate it.
Kind regards.
Helen Gibson-McLean
Dalby, Queensland
Dear Raj,
I hope you are doing well. I just quickly wanted to share the email below with you and thank you for providing a good service to the customer searching for Sunquick. I am glad to see that HILands were able to assist the inquiry and direct Mr. Rice to one of the IGA stores near his home, where you have managed to get Sunquick listed.
Well done and thank you very much. Have a nice day.
Best regards/Med Venlighilsen
Frank Rasmussen
Export Business Manager, The Americas & Oceania
Hi William,
Thank you for your mail and comments. I am happy to hear you were able to find Sunquick not too far away from where you live. HiLands are an official partner of Sunquick as well and are doing a very good job, so I am pleased to hear they offered you a good service as well and were able to assist you.
I am aware the price can be perceived as a bit expensive. However, when looking at the price per diluted litre it is not too expensive compared to other juices in the market and given the fact that Sunquick comes all the way from Denmark, I believe the prices are acceptable. At least it is now available in Australia, which is better than no Sunquick at all. I hope you agree and hope it will continue to be available in your preferred IGA store. It is correcting that Sunquick also exists in 2 litre plastic canisters. This product is primarily for the Food Service Sector, but can also be found in a few selected retail stores.
Thank you.
Best regards/Med Venlighilsen
Frank Rasmussen
Export Business Manager, The Americas & Oceania
Hi Frank,
Thank you for your prompt reply. Shortly after sending an email to your company I did another search for Sunquick Orange and found the name and contact details for HiLands in Sydney. The woman I spoke to was very helpful and suggested that I try the IGA Supermarket in Chatham, a suburb of Taree. I spoke with one of the supermarket managers who took me to the section where the product was displayed. He told me that the supermarket purchased a carton of six 840ml glass bottles of Sunquick to determine if the product would sell. I bought one bottle. You have an excellent product which I will continue to buy if IGA continues to stock it, however, I would prefer to buy the juice in the 2-litre plastic bottle as per my sample. Is it possible for me to buy the product in the 2-litre plastic bottle?
Regards,
William
Raj,
Congratulations, a great achievement, with sales on SolTuna. We will have to try and keep up with you in Brisbane! I’ll get the website and Facebook sites updated.
We are glad to have chosen a winner distributor.
Cheers
David Byrom
Marketing Manager
SolTuna Marketing Pty Ltd
