With an international presence in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico, and 80 years of experience in its sector, Orsero Group is a leader in Mediterranean Europe for the import and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables.
2019 ended with a billion euro turnover and over 750,000 tons of fruit and vegetables marketed, thanks to a network of more than 1,500 suppliers carefully selected throughout the world's principal production areas. On a wide range of over 300 items, the main products are bananas and pineapples, for a total of 15 million boxes imported every year.
The Group manages the entire supply chain of fresh fruit and vegetables: sourcing, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing, working in a sustainable and responsible manner along all the supply chain, for all aspects concerning economic, social and environmental wellbeing. The high level of service and customised solutions are able to meet all our client's requirements.
The attention to product quality, which is the cornerstone of the Group philosophy, led to the launch of the F.lli Orsero brand, synonymous with Extra Premium fruit and vegetables. F.lli Orsero ensures in fact the highest product quality through the management and control of the entire supply chain: from production to the arrival at the point of sale, always in perfectly fresh conditions.
The brand includes, in addition to bananas and pineapples, also citrus fruit, apples, melons, pears and a complete line of exotic fruits and vegetables.
F.lli Orsero has also recently launched a new line of fresh cut high quality fruit, home-produced and ready-to-eat, and an ample selection of fresh juices and smoothies, cold-pressed using HPP technology.
Orsero SpA is listed on the MTA (Mercato Telematico Azionario) – STAR Segment - managed by Borsa Italiana SpA. For information regarding the Group's investors and organisational structure, please visit the institutional website www.orserogroup.it
Thank you all, in a difficult moment
In the current emergency situation due to the pandemic from Covid-19, the Group intends to share with FreshPlaza readers and with all professionals in the fruit and vegetables sector its heartfelt thanks to employees, partners and customers, with this letter, which we quote in full:
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Orsero Group in figures:
- The 2019 turnover exceeded one billion euros (to be exact, net revenues amounted to about 1,005.7 million euros), of which about 928 million euros generated by the Distribution segment (2019 data)
- The Group has about 1,500 employees
- + 35,000 pallets of total storage capacity
- + 165,000 sqm of total working area
- 25 warehouses for product storage and handling
- 22 ripening centres in Europe
- 26 stands in Europe's main fruit and vegetable markets
- 5 fresh cut facilities (4 in Italy and 1 in Spain) for a total 4,000 sqm of production area
- 4 owned reefer vessels carrying about 500,000 pallets each year