Wholesale Cashew Nuts for Professionals

W240 cashew nuts in bulk: a full range for professionals

Palimex is a B2B food wholesaler active since 1984, specialised in distributing dried fruit, dehydrated fruit, spices and olives to food-industry professionals. Cashew nuts, from the cashew tree and mainly sourced from Vietnam, Brazil or India, are available here in every form: raw, plain-roasted, salted with Guérande sea salt, or seasoned (truffle, saffron, wasabi, Cambray black garlic, curry-chilli). The W240 grade (485 to 530 whole nuts per kilogram) is the standard reference requested by professional kitchens for its visual consistency.

This diversity lets a restaurant, caterer or delicatessen cover every cashew use case from a single supplier: aperitif assortments, dish garnishes, muesli, pastry or composed salads, under the Meyva, As de la Truffe and Snack'apéritif brands listed at Palimex.

For a kitchen or floor team, having one consistent cashew reference across services also matters for guest experience: the same W240 grade and the same seasoning batch appear on the aperitif tray whether service is on a Tuesday lunch or a Saturday night, which is a real consideration for chains and multi-site caterers standardising their offer.

Professional formats and packaging

Palimex cashew nuts are offered in several formats to match the actual consumption volume of each establishment, from the aperitif counter to high-turnover collective catering.

This range of formats allows stock management matched to each outlet's actual turnover, from the individual bag for a one-off service to the bulk bucket built for daily use.

Traceability, storage and food hygiene

As with the entire Palimex catalogue, cashew nuts are ordered with batch traceability and a clearly identified best-before date, two prerequisites of the HACCP approach in professional kitchens. Storage should be away from light, humidity and heat, in an airtight container once opened, to preserve texture and organoleptic properties until the expiry date.

A cashew nut already salted with Guérande sea salt does not need re-seasoning in the kitchen: the result is systematically too strong in hot service, a useful reminder for both floor and kitchen teams.

On the quality and food safety of imported foodstuffs, including tree nuts, the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty publishes reference resources available to any professional concerned with supply chain compliance: agriculture.gouv.fr.

Choosing the right cashew nuts for your business

The choice of format and reference depends directly on the buyer's business profile:

• Traditional restaurants: W240 raw or plain-roasted, in 4-5 kg buckets for daily use.
• Aperitif counters: 200 g bags or cartons, which perform better than poorly-portioned bulk on high-footfall outlets.
• Delicatessens and gourmet gifting: 90 g or 175 g premium jars (truffle, saffron, Guérande fleur de sel), for slower-turnover, higher-value ranges.
• Processors and high-volume users: 22.68 kg bulk packaging, to reduce logistics cost per kilogram.

This bulk sourcing logic covers everyday kitchen use as well as event or premium formats, without multiplying suppliers.

Ordering, delivery and dedicated professional service

Access to the cashew nut catalogue, like the entire Palimex catalogue, is reserved for professionals with a valid business registration. Bulk orders require a minimum of 5 kg per reference, and delivery is offered by pallet or free of charge above a purchase threshold, to optimise logistics cost relative to volume ordered.

For a professional kitchen, the cost of running out of a well-known aperitif product such as cashew nuts usually exceeds its purchase cost: an empty counter on a busy evening, a last-minute substitute of lower quality, or an emergency order at a worse rate. Centralising cashew nut sourcing with a single wholesaler, with clear order thresholds and announced lead times, reduces this operational risk while simplifying purchase tracking on a single professional account.

This matters even more for multi-site caterers and HoReCa groups, where each additional supplier adds its own ordering interface, minimum order value and delivery schedule. Consolidating cashew nut purchases at Palimex means one account, one delivery calendar and one point of contact for questions on stock, batch or packaging — a straightforward way to keep the back-office side of a professional kitchen as simple as its recipes.

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