About Dao Distribution
A young company on an old supply chain.
Founded in 2024, Dao Distribution pairs a young, responsive team with generations of Thai rice heritage, milling and grower relationships in Thailand and years of distribution experience in the U.S. We are a new company built on an old, trusted supply chain.
The founder
Andy Piamchon grew up in the rice business.
Andy's family has milled and grown rice in Thailand for generations, running their own operation and working with a network of trusted farms, and has run food distribution in the U.S. for years.
In 2024, Andy started Dao Distribution to bring that direct-from-source supply chain straight to Bay Area kitchens. Because Dao's rice comes through direct milling and grower relationships rather than a chain of importers and brokers, Dao can offer prices that beat the big distributors, and on jasmine can rival or beat locally grown California rice.
Mill-direct
Closer to the source than the broadliners.
We source direct from the mill and our grower relationships in Thailand. No chain of middlemen, no broker markups. That is what lets us hold farm-and-mill-direct pricing and pass it to the kitchen.
On the Thai pantry that defines your menu, that position beats Sysco and Restaurant Depot on price, and on jasmine rice it can rival or beat California-grown.
Founded
2024
Active accounts
300+
Served since 2024
400+
Catalog
300+ SKUs
House brands
Brands you only get through Dao.
Chaao
Our private-label rice, milled through the family's operation in Thailand. The anchor of the catalog and the reason our rice pricing is hard to beat.
See the jasmine riceWhite Crane
A house line carried exclusively by Dao on the West Coast, another piece of the direct-sourcing story.
Questions
About Dao · frequently asked.
When was Dao Distribution founded?
Dao Distribution was founded in 2024 by Andy Piamchon. The company is young, but it runs on a supply chain his family has worked in for generations.
Why is Dao's rice priced below the big distributors?
Because Dao sources direct from the mill and its grower relationships in Thailand rather than through a chain of importers and brokers. That farm-and-mill-direct position lets Dao beat Sysco and Restaurant Depot on the Thai pantry, and on jasmine it can rival or beat locally grown California rice.
What is Chaao?
Chaao is Dao's private-label rice brand, milled through the family's operation in Thailand. It is the anchor of the catalog and the reason Dao's rice pricing is hard to beat.
Who does Dao serve?
300+ active Bay Area restaurants, and 400+ served since 2024, primarily Thai with a growing base of Lao, Vietnamese, and pan-Asian kitchens.
Where is Dao based and where does it deliver?
Dao is based in South San Francisco at 240A Lawrence Ave and delivers daily, Monday through Friday, across the Bay Area from Manteca to Santa Cruz.
Source closer.
One specialist supplier for the whole Thai kitchen, mill-direct pricing, and daily Bay Area delivery. Andy handles new accounts personally.