Our captain, Sam joined Food Nation as a warehouse assistant in 2007. From 2007-2020 he worked in every role imaginable before flying the coop to gain experience in National Sales Manager roles in local South Australian food manufacturing. When the opportunity came up in 2025 to aquire Food Nation, he could not resist. He is back home and excited about his future as Director of FN.

Mel keeps the whole show on the road. She’s been here forever, knows everything and everyone. She knows what’s best for you, always going above and beyond to help, dropping everything for you. Thorough, considerate and customer driven, you’ll love her as much as we do.

Josh loves the whole lot and wants to know it all. We can depend on him to notice the most random, but essential things. He’s not scrolling through socials on the couch, he’s trawling our inventory, investigating sales history, and assessing sales sell through data. Throwing in some groan-woeful Dad jokes - he is more fun than he sounds, we promise!

You may already know Emma from her hospo days or from the years and years she was on the road repping for us. Lovely and measured, always cheeky and fun, she’s found her way to finance and procurement - the romance is real. No news is almost always good news when it comes to receivables, payables and purchasing, so it’s most likely you’ll never have the pleasure of connecting with her, but she’s here for us ensuring everything runs smoothly and we adore her.

One third of the A-Team he’s a tidy, quiet, efficient, considerate, helpful man. But you know, if there’s fun to be had, he’s at the centre of it. Just as well he gets it all done with no fuss and a big smile.

Another quiet, fastidious type – He just goes around getting the job done – neatly, calmly, thoughtfully, perfectly. Although he has strong, opposing views on basically anything anyone else mentions, he’s still totally worth it.

Never has there been a teamster who breezed in themselves and stayed that way. No uniform will ever be wanted or even suitable for our gentle giant he is rockin’ classic style blended with post-modern medieval floss. He is the man.

What do you call a progressive coffee shop? Stay Woke. And so, he is. Our Sid is impeccable in performance and style. Another industry survivor he’s got the gear and all the ideas. Allow him to WOW you.

The latest member to our awesome team. Willem! He's kind, courteous and an incredibly hard worker. Say hi if you see him out and about merchandising.

Sara fuels the team in more ways than one. Her passion for food and cooking using local ingredients mean she has a keen eye for new brands and as such is in charge of business development. If you are looking to work with us, she would love to hear from you; sara@foodnation.com.au. Sara's other role at Food Nation is Human Resources as she has extensive experience with multi-site people management.