Trade supply
Restaurant Dry Goods Supplier — Toronto & the GTA
Levant Direct supplies Toronto and GTA restaurant kitchens with the dry side of a Levantine or Mediterranean pantry: spices and spice blends, olive oil, olives and pickles, and specialty canned goods such as tomato paste and artichokes, quoted by the case through a written inquiry. We're a dry-goods specialist, not a broadliner — no meat, dairy, fresh produce or bread here, and we'd rather say that plainly than stretch the catalogue to look like a one-stop account it isn't.
Independent kitchens running a Levantine, Mediterranean or general Middle Eastern menu are the core buyer here, alongside chefs adding one or two authentic lines to a broader menu. Where a dry-goods product's composition is halal-suitable — a spice blend or an oil, for instance — certification is stated per product on your quotation rather than claimed across the whole catalogue; see how halal certification actually works in Canada before you ask us about a specific line.
من الرفوف From the shelves
سوريا · Syria · Latakia — Lio Food
Olive Oil (Premium Virgin)زيت زيتون
250 ml glass (x12) · 500 ml glass (x12) · 750 ml glass (x12)
مصر · Egypt · Cairo — El Captain (Cap Pharm)
El Captain Olive Oilزيت زيتون الكابتن
750 mL x 9 bottles · 500 mL x 12 bottles · 250 mL x 12 bottles · 125 mL x 24 bottles
زيوت · Sunflower & olive oil blends — Ola
Ola Premium Blend Oil — Sunflower & Extra Virgin Olive Oilزيت أولا مزيج عباد الشمس وزيت الزيتون البكر الممتاز
3 L x 6 plastic bottles · 1 L x 12 glass bottles
تركيا · Türkiye · Gaziantep — Zer Group
Zer Light Black Olivesزيتون اسود لايت
1/2 x 24 tin · 1/1 x 12 tin · 5/1 x 4 tin
تركيا · Türkiye · Gaziantep — Zer Group
Zer Black Olivesزيتون اسود
170 gr x 48 vacuum · 400 gr x 24 vacuum · 800 gr x 12 vacuum
تركيا · Türkiye · Gaziantep — Zer Group
Zer Sliced Black Olivesزيتون اسود مقطع
370 cc x 12 glass jar · 1/2 x 24 tin · 1/1 x 12 tin
تركيا · Türkiye · Gaziantep — Zer Group
Zer Sliced Green Olivesزيتون اخضر مقطع
370 cc x 12 glass jar · 1/2 x 24 tin · 1/1 x 12 tin
Formats & case sizes
| Category | Example product | Case format |
|---|---|---|
| Oils & ghee | Premium Virgin Olive Oil | 250 ml / 500 ml / 750 ml glass (x12) |
| Canned & preserves | Tomato Paste (glass) | 360 g / 635 g / 1375 g / 3070 g glass |
| Olives & pickles | Zer Black Olives | 170 g x48 vacuum / 400 g x24 / 800 g x12 |
| Spices | Sumac | Available in bulk — packed to order |
Building the dry-pantry order
A first order from a new kitchen typically pulls from four shelves at once: a spice program built around Sumac and AbdulRahim Mills' other blends, Premium Virgin Olive Oil for cooking and finishing, Zer Black Olives for a mezze plate or garnish, and canned lines such as Tomato Paste for sauces and stews. That combination covers most of a kitchen's Levantine or Mediterranean pantry in one inquiry rather than four small separate orders.
Jarred specialty items round the canned side out further — see our notes on artichoke hearts in glass jars if that's a line your menu already leans on. The full range across all four categories sits in spices, oils & ghee, olives & pickles and canned & preserves, and a mixed inquiry across them consolidates into one delivery.
What's confirmed on your quotation
Case sizes, formats and lead times are confirmed per product when you inquire rather than published as a fixed price list — a kitchen ordering the olive oil by the glass case and tomato paste by the jar, for instance, gets both formats spelled out in the same written quotation. Where halal composition matters to your menu, certification is stated per product on that same quotation; we don't make a blanket halal claim across the catalogue, because it isn't accurate to.
Nothing in this range is fresh, frozen or perishable, so storage and shelf life follow standard dry-pantry rules — cool, dark and sealed — rather than a cold-chain delivery window. That's worth knowing if your kitchen is used to ordering meat or produce on a same schedule; this account runs on a different rhythm.
Where this fits next to a broadliner
Most kitchens keep a broadline account for meat, dairy and produce and add a specialist like us for the lines a general broadliner doesn't carry with any real depth — a genuine sumac, a Syrian-origin olive oil, a Jordanian spice blend milled to order rather than a generic private-label jar. See our notes for anyone opening a Middle Eastern restaurant for how that first supplier list typically comes together, and our Mississauga distribution notes if your kitchen sits in or near Peel Region.
Buying questions, answered
Do you supply meat, halal-certified proteins or fresh produce?
No — Levant Direct is a dry-pantry specialist: spices, oils, olives, pickles and canned goods only, and we carry no meat at all. Where a dry-goods product's composition is halal-suitable, certification is stated per product on your quotation rather than claimed across the catalogue.
What's the minimum order for a new restaurant account?
There's no fixed minimum published on the catalogue. See how inquiry-based ordering works for how a case-level order gets quoted and confirmed for a new kitchen.
Can I mix spices, oils, olives and canned goods in one order?
Yes — most restaurant orders do exactly that, and a mixed inquiry across categories consolidates into a single delivery rather than several small ones.
Do you deliver to restaurants across the GTA?
Yes, our delivery footprint covers the Greater Toronto Area from our Mississauga base. Confirm your location and preferred delivery frequency when you send your inquiry.