OUR STORY
Milhans Foods Company was established in 2009 in the Gebze district of Kocaeli province in Turkey. From the beginning, our goal has been to bring you the most nutritious, highest quality nuts and dried fruits; direct from local orchards.
Our company sources, processes, and packs the Otto® and List brand products and markets them worldwide to over 38 countries. We also pack private label products for leading retail chains in Turkey and from around the world in our 2 production facilities: 1) our Gebze production facility, which was established on an open area of 25,000 m² and a closed area of 10,000 m², and 2) our Nevşehir production facility which was established on an area of 42,000 m². We monitor the consumer and customer trends in the food industry. We continuously develop products that appeal to consumers living healthy lifestyles.
OUR MISSION
Leaving a positive “taste” in the minds and palates of people by producing sustainable, nutritious, highest quality nuts, dried fruits, and other snacks, leveraging the latest technologies and systems throughout the entire value chain; delivering the freshest products possible from grower to table.
OUR VISION
To be one of the world leaders in the processing and marketing of nuts and dried fruits harvested in Turkey.
OUR CORE VALUES
Our Core Values form the foundation for how we operate. As employees, we take care to display these behaviors every day and appreciate those who share the same values with us!
Ethical stance and justice
We adopt an honest, transparent, impartial and accountable approach in line with the expectations of our stakeholders and work in the light of these values.
- We approach all employees and candidates fairly and offer equal opportunities.
- We build our relations with our internal and external stakeholders on honesty, transparency and trust.
- We set an example with our ethical values and fulfill our responsibilities towards the environment, the world and society.
Culture of cooperation and working together
Being aware of our responsibilities towards each other, we walk together towards the same goal with a common mind and sense of responsibility.
- We believe that each of us forms the whole by coming together with our own differences.
- We cooperate within and between teams and share both success and failure.
- We do not aim for individual success, but to achieve together in line with the common goal.
- We work with the awareness that cooperation and teamwork is a prerequisite for external customer satisfaction.
Customer orientation
We take the current and future needs of our customers as our guide in every decision we make and every product we produce.
- We follow and understand customer needs and expectations.
- We create new values in parallel with the existing needs of customers as well as the needs that have not yet emerged.
- We establish professional, respectful and trust-based relationships with our customers within the framework of our ethical values.
Efficiency and quality
We create quality and value by using corporate resources in the most useful and rational way.
- We develop solutions that will help us achieve our goals and work with a fast, efficient and flexible perspective.
- We use our resources effectively and avoid waste.
- We develop projects that will increase efficiency and allocate resources to these projects.
Innovation
We are pioneers in creativity and innovation in our sector by closely following production techniques, innovations in processes and changing consumer needs.
- We follow developments in the world, our country and the sector.
- We allocate time and resources to innovative projects.
- We are curious, research, question and generate different thoughts and ideas.
Respect for the environment
We protect our environment and natural resources.
- We know that our natural resources are the trust of the future.
- With the awareness of saving, we work to prevent waste, misuse or overuse.
- We plan continuous improvement and development in this direction.
Milhans Foods has become one of the leading food companies based on our relentless focus on maintaining the one of the highest quality standards in the industry. We are audited by many independent agencies on a regular basis. We follow a continuous improvement process to insure food safety and to produce the highest quality, tasty, nutritious products for you and your family.
