Dutch Rusk is a wholesale confectionery distributor and importer at 14 Echodale Place in Stoke, Nelson. It supplies trade customers rather than the public. The business says it is New Zealand's largest independent wholesale confectionery distributor and importer. It sells gummy and sour lollies, confectionery novelties, and well-known brands such as Whittakers and Fishermans Friend.
Dutch Rusk has a warehouse of 2,000 square metres in Nelson and its own team of six sales representatives, who visit customers across the South Island from Nelson to Invercargill. Its customers include dairies, fuel accounts, schools, fruit and vege shops, convenience stores, impulse outlets and supermarkets. The catalogue holds over 1,100 products. The business dates from 1984, when it was founded by Klaas Van de Geest from his garage. Recent news: the business's ordering website closes on Monday 2 November. Orders move to b2b.dutchrusk.co.nz, which signs users in with an emailed code and has no password.