OUR STORY

PROVENANCE

This is a story of time-honoured excellence, the story of Alphonsa Cashew Industries.

In the year 1958, a family business sparked into life when Oommen Geevarghese, our founding father, after being a small-time cashew merchant for almost a decade, audaciously started a cashew processing business in Puthoor in tribute to this late father, Geevarghese Oommen. The founding father of the family business, was resolute on founding and building his business on strong moral values and tried to embed those values on to every employee to build a family business rooted in commitment and honesty.

Oommen Geevarghese welcomed his eldest son Babu Oommen into the company, introducing him to the business early on. Following his father’s footsteps and influenced by the entrepreneurial spirit, Babu established an independent cashew company after working in his family business for almost a decade and named it Alphonsa Cashew Industries, after his beloved Saint Alphonsa of Bharananganam. He expanded his business slowly but steadily seeking new customers and markets while building capacity and vertically integrating his value chain.

As a family-owned business, we are committed to staying true to our illustrious roots and doing business with integrity. Alphonsa has been built on strongly embraced values of honesty and commitment, values ingrained in us by Oommen, and Babu, passionate about the business, added passion as our third value. These values remain rooted in our culture to this day and have been fundamental to our growth and continue to be key drivers of our business. They define our approach to building relationships and partnerships based on trust and ensure we uphold the highest ethical standards and balance reliability with sustainable and responsible business practices.

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