Freshclusive has opened a second branch, in South Africa. With Gerrit de Vries, living in South Africa and seasoned in that nation's fresh produce sector, the company has an employee on site to coordinate the export of South African products. "We are currently finalising things, and will start our own entity in South Africa very soon," says Paul Schockman.
Gerrit de Vries and his wife.
"We were already directly sending goods from South Africa to our customers in the Middle East. With our own branch office, we can further expand and optimise this flow of goods. South Africa is a large production country, which makes it an important export country for (among others) the Middle East. "We export citrus, grapes, soft fruit, stone fruit, avocado and melons, as well as specialities such as mini-vegetables from the country. Moreover, a lot of products are shipped to South Africa from other African countries. That makes the country very interesting for us to have our own branch," Paul said.
Asked whether the South African branch is a kick-off for a branch in other countries, Paul laughingly replies, "Don't you think we are moving quite fast already? After two and a half years in the Netherlands, we have managed to build a nice operation here. For us, it is a logical step to expand our operations to other countries. With the arrival of Gerrit, we have found the ideal man to get our branch off to a strong start right away. We will start immediately with our own brand of LOXO in mini vegetables, and the flow of goods has already been perfectly mapped out and prepared so that we will soon be able to serve our customers optimally. We are ready."
For more information:
Paul Schockman
Freshclusive
Rietwijkeroordweg 4
1432 JE Aalsmeer
Email: [email protected]
www.freshclusive.com