Alamir Bakery in liquidation after 32 years

Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Alamir Bakery, who has produced Lebanese food for 32 years has gone into liquidation.

The company has had liquidator Heath Gair of Palliser Insolvency appointed as of Tuesday.

Jamil and Waafa Dia, the founders of Alamir Bakery, immigrated to Wellington from Lebanon in 1990 to escape the war.

Wellington-based Alamir Bakery, which has produced Lebanese food for 32 years, has gone into liquidation.

The company, known for supplying products such as hummus, pita bread, tahini, falafel and baba ghanouj to Foodstuffs and Woolworths stores across the country, went into liquidation on Tuesday, according to the Companies Register.

Heath Gair of Palliser Insolvency has been appointed liquidator as of Tuesday.

According to the NZ Herald, it is understood production has halted and Alamir‘s products have been absent from supermarket shelves in recent weeks.

Jamil and Waafa Dia, the founders of Alamir Bakery, immigrated to Wellington from Lebanon in 1990 to escape the war.

They opened a business in 1992, making small batches of hummus and falafel in a little commercial kitchen at the back of their house in Miramar

In 2001 Alamir Bakery opened, making traditional Lebanese pita bread, kibbeh, pizzas, and kebabs, and for a short time sold them in a small takeaway-style shop next door.