J&C Pisani Ltd.

About Us

Mission Statement

WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO BE SATISFIED WITH OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICE

Our mission is to ensure that our customer is satisfied with both our products and our service. We want to use and build on our long standing tradition in food trading to constantly provide the market with products of good quality and value and to have an efficient and reliable delivery service. We can only do this by having a motivated and committed team. As a family company, we consider our employees as part of a large family.

Our Values

Dedication

We commit to doing our best and doing it from our hearts.

Integrity

We act with uncompromising honesty and integrity in everything we do.

Sustainability

We commit to taking decisions that are sustainable for future generations.

Unity

We are strongest when we work together as a team.

Growth

We continually build on our legacy and strengths.

Established Since 1970

Company History

J&C Pisani Ltd is one of Malta’s leading importers and distributors of a wide range of frozen and chilled products represented in most retail and HORECA establishments.

The company has been established since 1970 by the Pisani family who owns and runs the company has been involved in the food trade, since 1884. In 1984 the company set up a subsidiary company – DewFresh products Ltd- which began manufacturing a wide range of pork and beef processed products. J&C Pisani remained sole distributor of Dewfresh Products. Today the group employs over eighty employees.

1884 Gianni Pisani

The parent firm ‘Gianni Pisani’ was established. Ganni Pisani was the founder of the business who started runing a butcher shop and was involved in the meat trade through the importation of livestock

1900s Butcher Shop & Frozen Meat Imports

Gianni’s son, Anthony joined the father’s business and when Gianni died, Anthony, together with his wife, Josephine, ran two butcher shops in Sliema and pursued the importation business.

1950 Growth in imported frozen food range & sausage production

After the end of World War II, Anthony started importing frozen meat and two of Anthony’s sons, John and Charles, joined the business to give a helping hand to their parents. Together, they ran the butcher shops and imported and distributed the imported products to the retail and catering trade. One of the butcher shops was closed down.

1956 Purchase of first factory

With the help of John and Charles, the family started manufacturing English type sausages – produced in government controlled facilities in St Paul’s Street, underneath the meat market in Valletta.
A factory was then purchased in Carmel Street in Sliema to increase sausage production through the purchase of an automated sausage filler.

1965 First local beef burgers

At the time, only ham burgers were available. Josephine pioneered the manufacture of local burgers made from beef within the shop.
Following the high demand, Anthony decided to increase the production of the ‘Pisani Burgers’ within the factory in Carmel Street Sliema.

1970 Establishment of JC Pisani Ltd & premises in Marsa

J&C Pisani Ltd. was set up on the 14th November 1970- named after the founders, John and Charles Pisani. The family also relocated the production as well as the import & distribution business to the newly erected premises in Marsa
which included cold storage facilities , modern production facilities and a manufacturing plant, known today as Albertown Cold Stores.

1971 Closure of Butcher Shops

Upon the death of Josephine, the butcher shops were closed. Charles and John continued to focus on the production of processed meat products and importation business. By this time , the company was the leading importer of frozen meats in Malta.

1981 Dewfresh brand name was registered

All the products manufactured in Marsa were by now being produced under the registered Dewfresh brand name .

1982 Establishment of Dewfresh Products Ltd

On the 27th December 1982, John and Charles Pisani established Dewfresh Products Ltd. to separate the manufacturing and import business into two companies.

1983 onwards Increase in Dewfresh product range

The company expanded its cold storage facilities and enlargened the manufacturing plant so as to commence the production of more product lines consisting of ham, bacon and continental charcuterie products.

1900s Further expansion

With the help of the children of John and Charles, both the manufacturing and import and distirbution business continued to grow

2005 Upgrade to EU standards

The Marsa plant was upgraded to EU standards with healthmark MP006 and MP 008.

2009 & 2016 Further extensions to premises

More Dewfresh products and brands of imported frozen food items were added to the product portfolio so more space for cold storage facilities and office space was acquired .

2017 Continuous increase in product portfolio & client base

The company continued to increase its product portofolio through the importation and distribution of more brands and product categories, such as plant based foods . It also aquired shareholding in Sutters & Co and Experia Ltd.