Flower Power (NZ) Ltd is an oil supply and recycling company serving New Zealand's hospitality, farming and industrial sectors, with this listing covering Beach Haven, Auckland. The business was founded by Brendon Johnson — the straight-talking ex Royal Marine Commando known from TV3's 'Money Man' — who set out to clean up an industry plagued by dirty oil drums, oily messes and unreliable service.
Its signature is the one-visit model: on a single call, the team delivers fresh Canadian canola oil, removes used oil for recycling and swaps range hood filters for clean ones. That means fewer trucks on the road, fewer interruptions in a busy kitchen, less paperwork and better prices.
Quality matters here too. Products are sourced from leading suppliers worldwide — good quality rather than cheap and nasty — and the Canadian canola on offer is chosen to last far longer in the fryer than budget alternatives. Just as notably, Flower Power keeps all the used oil it collects right here in New Zealand rather than shipping it offshore, and today looks after many of the biggest hospitality groups in the country.
If the name Flower Power conjures up petals and bouquets, prepare for a surprise. This Flower Power is in the business of oil — cooking oil, to be precise — and it has grown into a business that looks after most of the biggest hospitality groups across New Zealand, along with farms, foresters and builders. This listing covers Flower Power at 101 Beach Haven Rd in Beach Haven, Auckland.
The story starts with Brendon Johnson: ex Royal Marine Commando, straight talker, and the man TV3 viewers knew as the 'Money Man'. Tired of seeing dirty oil drums and oily mess at the back of restaurants — and hearing endless stories about unreliable service — Brendon created Flower Power to bring the very best standards to New Zealand's oil supply and recycling industry. As the company puts it, his latest mission was to clean things up.
The heart of the Flower Power offer is efficiency. Instead of three different trucks arriving — one delivering oil, one changing filters, one collecting used oil — the team does it all in a single visit. Fresh Canadian canola oil goes into the storeroom, the used oil is taken away for recycling, and tired range hood filters are swapped for freshly cleaned ones.
For a busy kitchen, that means fewer trucks on the road, fewer people walking through the door during service, less paperwork and better prices. It is a model built around respect for the chef's time, and it is the reason the company invites new customers to 'join the revolution'.
Flower Power is emphatic that not all oil is equal. Its products are sourced from the best possible suppliers worldwide, buying good quality rather than cheap and nasty. The argument is simple: cheap oil that must be changed every day and leaves food greasy is no bargain. As the company tells chefs and owners, having customers love the food and keep coming back is worth far more than saving five bucks on a box of oil.
Its Canadian canola oil is the flagship. According to Flower Power, it usually lasts about twice as long as the budget canola commonly on the market — fewer fryer changes, more consistent food and less hassle all round.
An environmental thread runs through everything the company does, and one commitment stands out: Flower Power says it is the only company that keeps all the oil it collects right here in New Zealand. Sending oil thousands of kilometres overseas, it argues, is not an environmentally sound idea. For restaurants keen to talk credibly about sustainability, that local approach is a story worth telling.
Restaurants and hospitality groups are the core of the business — Canadian canola supply, used oil recycling and range hood filter cleaning — but the same one-visit thinking extends well beyond the kitchen. For farming and industrial customers, Flower Power supplies stock feed oils, eco-friendly chain bar oil for forestry work, eco-friendly lubricants, and concrete form release products.
The company operates from bases at 3 Manga Rd in Silverdale, Auckland and 5-11 Ballance Street in Shannon, with contact points covering Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch. New customers can reach the team by phone on 021 022 04 106 or 09-426 8453, email accounts@flower-power.co.nz, or download the account form from the website to set up trade terms.
For any kitchen that fries, any farm that feeds, or any worksite that lubricates, Flower Power offers a refreshingly tidy proposition: good oil, honest recycling, clean filters — all sorted in one short visit.