Sunlong  Company Overview

Sunlong began as a “Trading As" business in 1993, located in a small unit in Cannington. Sunlong at that stage was catering for a small niche market in the hospitality industry supplying Wholesale fruit and vegetables and an array of personalized hand and machine processed fruit and vegetables.

The proprietor of Sunlong began to recognize a real need within the industry for high quality wholesale and tailor-made processed fruit and vegetables, both by machine and by hand. it was this realization and sheer dedicated determination to provide high quality wholesale and value-added products at a fain price, which has led Sunlong to where it is today.

In 1995 Sunlong made the transition and relocated to the Canning Vale Markets with strategic implementations involving cost cutting (i.etransport costs), grower and market agent affiliation.

It was at this stage where Sunlong’s current General Manager Peter Zappia was recruited, having known the proprietor since Sunlong’s inception and with the original idea for Sunlong, being a tailer made solution to cost cutline in the wholesale and hand cut produce sector. Prior to the commitment with Sunlong, Peter’s background was as a professional chef with executive roles. This experience gave Sunlong the understanding into what was desired by the Hospitality industry.

The proprietor Mark Sun had a number of years commercial experience as a manager in Fruit and vegetable processing For Top Fresh Foods, but found their quality and scope limited. Mark had previously managed large textile plants in China and is very familiar with the running of a large corporation.

In 2000 Sunlong took over the lease on a Fruit and vegetable retail shop in the Canning Vale Markets, this development greatly improved our operations due to the fact that our stock levels were maximized and turn over of produce was expedited.

In total there are 6 professional Chefs and Cooks employed by Sunlong. they also offer technical support and advise to our customers.

In 2022 Sunlong moved into purpose built food processing and warehouse premises to expand their business. The new premises in Baile Road Canning Vale is conveniently located close to the Perth Metropolitan Markets, enabling us to source produce direct from the Perth Metropolitan Markets and easy access to grower supplied produce. Being located close to the Perth Market City, we have the advantage of accessing stock on any given day. This is supported by our grower content which again is accessed daily.

We operate 12 separate cool rooms running different temperatures for the handling of different produce, 2 freezer rooms and 2 blast chillers. Sunlong also uses its own refrigerated delivery service with purpose built cooled loading docks to accommodate our 14 refrigerated trucks and an express vans.