Chinese New Year (CNY) is just around the corner. It is the time you must keep yourself busy stocking up your food supplies and daily goods. It is because that you might be cooking for the entire family members, relatives and even your friends at the reunion dinners.
Plus, Chinese New Year is also the season for you to enjoy wide varieties of snacks. From the common CNY cookies, pineapple tarts, melon seeds, kuachis, kueh lapis to mandarin oranges in sights. However, there is a hidden meaning behind CNY too – a lighter wallet. What with having hongbao packing and buying CNY goodies sold at astronomical mark-ups???
For the Singaporeans, this is the chances for you to cross the boarder to stock up some worth for money goodies. Now you can grab your CNY goodies with a more cheaper price in Johor Bharu. It is because most of the shops, wholesalers, supermarkets and native products market are offering great promotions during these few months. But, keep in mind that some of the prohibited and controlled goods that cannot/ limited to be brought into Singapore too. (Scroll down for the list ya) .
Well, enough with the common talk. Need not to be worried about the skinning wallet anymore. SGMYTRIPS had help you in doing some researches on where to grab cheap and good CNY goodies in Johor Bahru. Below are the wholesalers that we found:
CNY Supplies Wholesalers In JB
- Wynn Webs Seafood Sdn. Bhd
- South East Asia Frozen Food Sdn. Bhd
- Ocean Pacific Fresh Seafood Wholesale
- Pak Soon Frozen Seafoods Sdn. Bhd.
- Blue Ocean Dried Seafood
- Cimei Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd
- Lim Zi Yen
- KF Wholesale Sdn. Bhd.
- JB Yap Brothers Food Sdn. Bhd
1.Wynn Webs Seafood Sdn. Bhd (Seafood Products, Fresh Organic Mushrooms)
Looking fir some fresh and large portion of fresh seafood products? Then it is a must for you to have a visit to Wynn Webs Sdn Bhd.
This seafood supplier is one of the leading seafood suppliers available in Malaysia. Wynn Webs Sdn Bhd offers wide varieties of fresh and frozen seafood in their warehouse. It is the one stop supplier warehouse where you can grab wide varieties of seafood. For example the crabs, prawns, squids, fishes and oysters at a fair price.
The supplier taking pride in their mission of ‘From Sea To Plate’. Wynn Webs Sdn Bhd intended to offer every of their customers with the freshest seafood products.
These seafood are processed and frozen under the complimented appropriate methodology. Hence, all of their seafood products are guaranteed with freshness and also quality. It include preserving the natural flavor and nutritional value of the seafood products too.
Besides that, Wynn Webs Sdn Bhd currently invested in Organic Mushroom Planting. They are introducing their new organic mushroom products to the community too. Wynn Webs Sdn Bhd even obtained a certified Letter of Award of Bionexus Status Indoor Green Room. It proves that all of their organic mushrooms are planted and harvested under the desirable environment.
The Organic Mushrooms of theirs are packed in a convenience sized packaging. This is to ease every of their customers to bring it home.
So, if you are looking for some great seafood and also organic mushrooms give Wynn Webs Sdn Bhd a visit.
Additional Information:
Address: 4, Jalan Sri Purnama 2/1, Kawasan Perindustrian Seri Purnama, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: 012-454 5853
Operating Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 8am – 1pm
Closed on every Sunday
2.South East Asia Frozen Food Sdn. Bhd (Frozen Seafood, Frozen Meat, Dairy Products)
This supplier established since year 1994 as a private seafood supplier. South East Asia Frozen Food is now grown organically becoming one of the largest seafood suppliers in Johor Bahru. This seafood supplier is always available to offer every of their customers with their highest quality seafood products. Besides, they also serves first class food and beverage experiences in their restaurants.
It is also known as the SEA Frozen Food. South East Asia Frozen Food sources numerous fresh and frozen seafood, meats and processed food.
All of their steamboat food ingredients are derived from both local and international market. This is the one stop wholesale marketplace where you can grab all of your seafood and meat for CNY reunion dinner with an affordable price.
All of their frozen seafood products are obtained fresh, daily from the jetties nearby. This is to ensure the freshness of their seafood. These seafood are then processed under strict processing method before supplied to the marketplace.
To mention some of their seafood products, there are the tiger prawns, scallops, crabs, crayfish,wide selections of fishes and squid.
If seafood are not your favorite, you may head to their frozen meat section where all their frozen meats are stored. This is the place where you can grab your frozen ducks, beef, lambs and processed food all at once. Dairy products like butter and cheese are available in their warehouse too.
Online shopping service is provided by South East Asia Frozen Food. Delivery time are up to expectation. They even take pride in their customer service with their friendly and helpful staffs. There are always ready to assist you in any circumstances.
Additional Information:
Address: 1A, 9, Jalan Mutiara Emas 6/4, Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: 07-288 6609
Operating Hours: Monday – Saturday, 8:30am – 5pm (Closed on every Sunday)
Also Read : CNY Snacks & Treats To Buy In JB
3. Ocean Pacific Fresh Seafood Wholesale (Seafood, Venison Meat, Ostrich Meat, Smoked Meat)
Ocean Pacific Fresh Food is one of the leading wholesale supplier in Johor Bahru. This supplier warehouse offers every customers with wide varieties of frozen seafood and also meat products. This supplier is one stop for you to grab every types of meat that you need for Chinese New Year reunion dinner.
All of their seafood products are obtained fresh, directly from the fishermen in Johor Bahru. To mention some of their fresh seafood available, there are scallops, mackerels, salmons, clams, abalone and so on. Prepared and cleaned under strict process, these seafood products of theirs are guaranteed with quality and also freshness.
For something exotic, you can pay their meat product section. It is the place where numerous of exotic meat like deer meat and also ostrich meat are available. Besides that, they also offer their customers with numerous selections of steamboat ingredients, processed food and even seasonings.
All of these food ingredients are great to be an additional delicacies during CNY gathering. These food are time saving and easy to be cooked.
Not only that,you can buy your smoked meat at Ocean Pacific Fresh Seafood Wholesale also in an affordable price. This supplier make and sell their own branded smoked meat series. To name a few, there are smoked duck meat, smoked salmon with cumin, smoked salmon with bombay sauce, smoked tuna and smoked fish fillet. These food ingredients that are great to be included in any CNY peng choi.
Well, if smoked food are not your favorite, you may have a look at their fresh sashimi. There are wide selections of sashimi in their warehouse. To name a few, there are salmon, shiri magoro, tuna, Japanese octopus and shime saba. They offer their sashimi in different versions, sliced and in chunk to be chosen freely by the customers upon their preferences. These sashimi of their even obtain trust from almost all Japanese restaurants and outlets in Johor Bahru too.
Additional Information:
Address: 49,, Jln Perniagaan Setia 3, Taman Setia Indah, 81300 Skudai, Johor
Operating Hours: Monday – Saturday, 8:30am – 5pm (Closed on every Sunday)
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4.Pak Soon Frozen Seafoods Sdn. Bhd. (Frozen Seafood)
Since 1996, Pak Soon Frozen Seafoods has provided wide varieties of frozen seafood products in both Malaysia and Singapore. They value all of their customers items’ quality, assortment, and services. It is to ensure every needs of customers in frozen seafood fulfilled.
When talking about seafood products, Pak Soon Frozen Seafoods takes pride in their prawn. They offer generous variations and also types prawns in their warehouse.
They specialized in their prawn products and over these years. They supplied numerous restaurants, small businesses with these prawns products too. To mention a few, the supplier supplied the Tiger Prawn, Vannamei Prawn, Red Leg Prawn Hoso, Crayfish, Nobashi Ebi and Black Tiger Prawns.
Enough with the prawns, how about some crabs and also cuttlefish? Pak Soon Frozen Seafoods do offer every customers of theirs with freshly processed cuttlefish and also crabs. In order to ease your cooking preparation, they even helped you to get rid of the crabs’ shells. hence leaving only the fresh, sweet crab meat. Packaging of these crab meats are available from 250g to 500g.
Not only that, the supplier even offer some luxurious seafood products like lobsters, abalone, shark’s fin and sea cucumber in their catalog. These luxurious seafood are offered in two variations – dried and fresh. It is recommended for you to have a pre-booking of these luxurious seafood as it sold up quickly every time.
Additional Information:
Address: 12, Jalan Bestari 11, Taman Industri Jaya, 81300 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: 07-511 5255
Operating Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 8am – 1pm
Closed on every Sunday
5.Blue Ocean Dried Seafood (Dried Seafood, Bird Nest)
Blue Ocean Dried Seafood can be considered as a combination of online wholesale and also retail warehouse. It offers every of their customers with high quality dried seafood . There are dried abalone, dried sea cucumber, dried scallops and dried shrimps available in their warehouse.
Besides that, Blue Ocean Dried Seafood also provide their customers with processed bird nest products in their warehouse. Woven by swiftlets from their saliva, all of the Blue Ocean Dried Seafood’s Bird’s Nest are naturally obtained. These bird’s nests are rich in epidermal growth factor that responsible for tissues and skin repairs. It does make the bird nests of theirs an excellent beauty food for all the ladies.
All of their dried seafood and bird nest products are not only great for consuming. But also an excellent gift to the elders during any gathering or CNY visit. So, whenever you are not confirmed on what to be gifted to the elders, make sure you have a visit at Blue Ocean Dried Seafood.
If you are looking for something sweet, you can go for Blue Ocean Dried Seafood’s dried persimmon fruit. Imported fresh from China, Japan and also Korea, all dried persimmon of theirs are thinly skinned, soft and sweet. Coated with layer of fine powdered sugar, it does add an additional sweetness to the overall dried persimmon. Hence making it a great dessert or snacks.
Additional Information:
Address: 4, Jalan Hijauan 4, Horizons Hills, 79100 Nusajaya, Johor
Contact No.: 07-509 7021
Operating Hours: Tuesday – Sunday,10:30am – 7pm
6.Cimei Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd (Bakery Ingredients)
If you would like to bake some delicious CNY cookies or treats as a snack for the CNY gathering. Then it is a must for you to visit Cimei Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd. This bakery supplier do offers ranges of premium baking ingredients and bakewares to every of their customers, both local and foreign.
Cimei Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd seek excellence continuously by forming partnership with reputable World Class food companies. This is to provide the best baking needs to every of their supporters.
Throught the years, Cimei Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd had been supplied to most of the baking schools and bakeries around Johor Bahru with their premium baking ingredients.
To mention some of their baking ingredients, there are Pecan Nuts, Macadamia Nuts, Pine Nuts, Dried Fruits, and much more. This bakery warehouse even offer great cake decorations that are hard to be found in any bakery supplies too. All of these cake decorations are in an affordable price too.
Additional Information:
Address: 14, Jalan Istimewa 1, Taman Perindustrian Cemerlang, 81800 Ulu Tiram, Johor
Contact No.: 07-863 0888
Operating Hours: Monday -Friday, 8am – 6pm (Closed on every Saturday and Sunday)
7.Lim Zi Yen (Bak Kwa, Nian Gao)
This Bak Kwa industry had been involved in the Barbecued Meat Industry for more than 60 years. Lim Zi Yen is now a well-known Bak Kwa industry among the Johoreans. Their Bak Kwas are relatively popular among the locals, especially during the Chinese New Year.
Over the years, Lim ZI Yen had introduced more than 20 types of non-repeating products. It included the Chunk Meat, Sliced Red Groove Fish, Ice Sugar Meat Floss and Honey Crispy Floss. Each masterpieces of theirs are prepared freshly everyday by using the most traditional recipe and way. To them, traditional business can still survive in the society by using modern marketing and management methods. Hence, this is the reason why they have intentions to maintain their traditional method in preparing all of their products.
For this coming Chinese New Year, Lim ZI Yen introduced their new product, which is the Nian Gao. Literally known as sweet glutinous rice cake, Nian Gao is a sweet food that usually consumed during the CNY. It is said that eating Nian Gao will bring good luck as Nian Gao has a homonym for ‘higher year’. The Chinese word 粘 (nián), meaning “sticky”, is identical in sound to 年, meaning “year”.
On the other hand, the word 糕 (gāo), meaning “cake” is identical in sound to 高, meaning “high or tall”. As such, eating nian gao has the symbol of becoming better in the coming year (年年高升 niánnián gāoshēng).
Also, you may visit their kiosks that operated in almost all the supermarkets in Johor Bahru. These kiosks offer the similar products of theirs too. It is totally worth it as all of their Bak Kwas will keep you non-stop craving it for more.
Additional Information:
Address: No. 28, Jalan Seroja 37, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor, 81100 Johor Bahru
Contact No.: 07-353 3233
8.KF Wholesale Sdn. Bhd. (Fresh Vegetables)
Established since year 2015 by opening a small outlet in the supplier’s mart (S’MART) Johor Bahru, KF Wholesale Sdn. Bhd. Is now one of the leading vegetables suppliers available in Johor Bahru. This is the place where you can grab your fresh vegetables, mushrooms, western and local herbs in bulks for your CNY cooking.
Over the years, this vegetable supplier had offered every of their customers with fresh vegetables, both imported and local. There are 250 non-repeating types of the vegetables too. The imported vegetables of their are obtained directly from countries like China, Thailand, Australia and even India. On the other hand, they obtained the local and kampung vegetables from Cameron Highlands too.
The impressive range line of vegetables of KF Wholesale Sdn. Bhd are sourced directly from their very own well-managed farm that is powered by Korea’s renowned g’farm system.
By using this system, it does help in ensuring every vegetables products are fresh, hygienic and organically planted. Hence, all of the vegetables products of KF Wholesale Sdn. Bhd are guaranteed with high quality and safe to be consumed.
Additional Information:
Address: S’MART Building,PTD 154409, Batu 7 1/2, Jalan Kota Tinggi, 81100, Johor Bahru,
Contact No.: +6012-738 7288 / +607-359 8206
Operating Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 9pm (Closed on every Sunday)
9.JB Yap Brothers Food Sdn. Bhd (Snacks, Soft Drinks, Canned Food)
JB Yap Brothers Food Sdn. Bhd can be considered as one of the biggest supplier warehouse available in Johor Bahru. It provide their customers with wide varieties of daily groceries in bulks, with a cheaper price compared to the supermarkets.
One of the must buy daily groceries in Hock Seng Food Pte Ltd would be their canned fruits in sugar syrup. This supplier will spoilt you with their huge varieties of canned fruits. It included the pineapples, lychee, rambutan, longan and even fruit cocktails in different branding, both locals and imported. They even have canned seafood products like canned abalones and canned sea bamboos which are great to be served during the reunion dinner.
Not only that, they do have impressive selections of bottled and canned beverages in their warehouse too. Wide selections of their soft drinks in different variations – bottled and canned. These will surely spoil you as if you can name the beverage, they will offer it!!!
Besides that, you can get you CNY snacks like Pringles, Mister Potato, Lays, Tai Sun and Nature’s Wonders there. They offers wide selections of snacks along with different options of flavors to be chosen by their customers. It does make a great place to get all the snacks for CNY.
Additional Information:
Address: No.30 Jalan Bakawali, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru
Contact No.: 012-770 8844
Operating Hours: Monday – Saturday, 8:30am – 6pm (Closed on every Sunday)
Prohibited Goods
Prohibited Goods means goodies that you are not allowed to be brought into Singapore. Also, it is an offence to attempt to bring in prohibited goods to cross the boarder.
List of Prohibited Goods:
- Chewing Gums
- Tobacco in any form and related products
- Fire Crackers
- Shisha, Smokeless Cigars, Smokeless Cigarillos, Smokeless Cigarettes
Controlled Goods
In order to bring in some controlled goods, you are required to obtain an import permits or authorization form. These can be get from the relevant competent authority. This import license or authorization form must be presented at the Red Channel for officer checking upon your arrival too.
List Of Controlled Goods:
- Animals, birds and products thereof
- Batteries (primary), alkaline, zinc-carbon and mercury oxide
- Pesticides
- Diesel Oil, Fuel
- Flammable Materials
- Fishes and fishery products (including fin fish, crustaceans and molluscs)
- Food items (excluding fresh/chilled vegetables and fruits)
- Fruits (fresh/chilled)
- Ginseng Roots
- Meat and meat products of animals and birds
- Milk powder – skimmed (coloured for animal feed)
- Fresh milk/skimmed/pasteurised from Peninsular Malaysia/Sabah/Sarawak
- Rice (excluding rice bran)
For the Completed List, please visit https://www.customs.gov.sg/businesses/importing-goods/controlled-and-prohibited-goods-for-import