Khmer Satay Ltd has restaurants throughout New Zealand. The packaging of the two core products, Khmer Satay Peanut Sauce and Khmer Satay Meat Marinade, has been revamped as the company looks to expand retail distribution of these products throughout New Zealand. In preparation for the company's expansion, the 'Khmer' brand has been registered and a new factory has been purchased with increased production capacity. A programme is also being put in place to license existing takeaway business to sell Khmer meals in areas that can not support a stand alone restaurant. The 'Khmer SATAY AWAY' concept looks very promising. The company has also got plans to export to Australia.
Life in New Zealand for the Te family is certainly a world away from their previous 'life' in Cambodia. Whilst its is now safe for Hamish and family to travel back to Cambodia to visit friends and family following the demise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1990s, Hamish is committed to New Zealand and has plans to repay the opportunities his 'adopted' country has created for him and his family through his plans to export his products, and thus earning value foreign exchange revenue. In doing so, he is also benefiting his 'home' country through increasing the awareness of the culinary delights of the Cambodian cuisine and by sourcing raw materials for his products from Cambodia.