Food and agricultural supply-chain services in United Kingdom
Every service serving United Kingdom in one place: cold and ambient storage, freight, logistics, customs, inspection, treatment and distribution.
United Kingdom marketStorage providers
Cold and ambient storage providers in United KingdomOperates one of the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse networks, with more than 480 facilities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific offering frozen, refrigerated and multi-zone storage plus blast freezing.
Owns and operates around 250 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide, including 19 sites across Australia and New Zealand positioned near ports and major distribution centres.
Develops and operates highly automated, energy-efficient frozen storage warehouses, with more than 20 high-bay facilities across Europe, North America and Australia.
European cold storage group operating around 40 facilities in nine countries, offering frozen, chilled, regulated-temperature and ambient warehousing.
Japan's leading refrigerated warehousing operator, running about 150 temperature-controlled logistics bases in Japan with additional operations in Europe, China and ASEAN countries.
Singapore-based gateway services and food solutions company whose SATS Coolport at Changi Airport is Asia's first on-airport perishables handling centre, with temperature zones ranging from -28°C to 18°C.
IBL Coldstores, operated by International Bulk Liquids (Storage and Transport) Limited, provides temperature-controlled cold storage, chill storage, blast freezing and tempering from a facility in Knowsley near Liverpool.
Andrew Johnson Knudtzon Limited, trading as AJK Ltd, operates cold, chilled and ambient temperature-controlled storage from two sites in the Port of Hull on the Humber Estuary, close to the Grimsby and Immingham port complex.
Seafast Cold-Chain Logistics Limited, part of the Seafast Group, operates a temperature-controlled cold storage and frozen warehousing facility a quarter of a mile from the Port of Felixstowe, serving chilled and frozen product shipped into and from the UK.
Vanguard Cold Storage & Distribution Limited, trading as VGSD, operates a cold storage facility in Southampton offering segregated ambient, chilled and frozen storage areas for non-hazardous goods.
Culina Group is a UK third-party logistics company that operates a chilled warehouse at 45 Dock Road, Tilbury, providing chilled storage and distribution for food and drink manufacturers.
Lunar Freezing & Cold Storage Company Limited is a UK temperature-controlled logistics company registered in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, that operates dedicated cold store and freezing facilities in Peterhead and Fraserburgh serving the North East Scotland pelagic and whitefish industry.
Manfreight Limited is a UK freight and logistics company headquartered in Portadown, County Armagh, that operates a purpose-built temperature-controlled storage facility at Belfast Harbour alongside ambient warehousing in Belfast and Skelmersdale.
McCulla (Ireland) Limited, trading as McCulla, is a Northern Ireland-based temperature-controlled logistics company that operates ambient, chilled and frozen storage facilities in Lisburn and Mallusk, plus a further site in Dublin, and joined the One Frio Group in April 2025.
Japanese logistics group offering warehouse storage and distribution including a cold chain logistics service alongside general ambient warehousing. It operates in Japan and internationally, including bases in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Logistics providers
Logistics providers in United KingdomEuropa Worldwide Group is a UK freight forwarding and logistics company offering road, air and sea freight, customs-bonded warehousing and distribution services from UK sites including its Dartford head office and a warehouse at Corby.
DHL Supply Chain, part of Germany-headquartered DHL Group, is the world's leading contract logistics provider offering warehousing, transport, distribution and temperature-controlled cold chain solutions for perishables and life sciences.
Japanese temperature-controlled logistics operator running about 60 refrigerated warehouses and offices across 12 countries, offering cold storage, transport, distribution and 3PL services.
Philippines-based logistics provider operating temperature-controlled cold storage facilities alongside warehousing, distribution, customs clearance and freight forwarding.
Rhenus Warehousing Solutions UK Ltd operates contract warehousing facilities in the UK, including a site at Unit 2, Discovery Way, Nuneaton, as part of the Germany-based Rhenus Group's European warehousing network.
Uniserve Limited is a UK-headquartered logistics and global trade management group based in Upminster, Essex, that operates ocean and air freight, European road freight, customs clearance, and contract warehousing and distribution services, including a 750,000 sq ft ambient and freezer storage distribution centre near Felixstowe.
Malcolm Logistics (W. H. Malcolm Limited) is a Scotland-based contract logistics operator that provides warehousing, road transport and secondary distribution services from sites across Scotland and northern England, including a high-bay warehouse in Linwood and depots in Haydock, Penrith and Wakefield.
Wincanton is a UK contract logistics company that provides warehousing, distribution and freight transport services from its headquarters in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and became part of GXO Logistics following GXO's 2024 acquisition of Wincanton plc.
Gist Limited is a UK third-party logistics provider that operates temperature-controlled warehousing and primary distribution for major UK food retailers from a network of UK sites including Barnsley, Basingstoke, Bristol and Carlisle.
Advanced Supply Chain Group is a UK third-party logistics provider offering warehousing, e-commerce fulfilment, distribution and international freight forwarding with customs clearance from UK sites in Bradford, Corby and Sheffield.
Bibby Logistics (Bibby Palletised Logistics Ltd) is a North West England-based haulage and warehousing company providing palletised distribution and cool or ambient storage services from its site in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
KLN Logistics Group (formerly Kerry Logistics Network) is a Hong Kong-headquartered logistics provider offering air, ocean and land freight, integrated logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage, e-commerce fulfilment and cold chain solutions across Asia and beyond.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered global freight forwarding and contract logistics provider offering ocean and air freight, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage and temperature-controlled cold chain logistics for perishable goods.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered global logistics provider offering air, ocean and ground freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, customs support and supply chain solutions across roughly 57 countries.
CJ Logistics is a Seoul-headquartered integrated logistics provider offering warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, parcel delivery and IoT-enabled cold chain solutions for frozen, chilled and temperature-controlled goods.
Melbourne-headquartered logistics provider offering integrated supply chain, warehousing (including ambient, cold chain and frozen storage), transport and customs services across a network spanning around 150 countries.
Danish-headquartered global transport and logistics group operating in over 90 countries with air, sea, road and rail freight, contract logistics and temperature-controlled cold chain services for perishables and healthcare.
Marseille-headquartered logistics provider (part of CMA CGM, having absorbed Bolloré Logistics under one brand) operating in around 170 countries with contract logistics, air/ocean/ground freight, customs and reefer/perishables cold chain services.
Levallois (France)-headquartered full-service logistics company operating in around 166 countries with freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution/express and temperature-controlled cold chain capabilities.
Abu Dhabi-headquartered logistics and investment group whose businesses include Agility Logistics Parks (Grade-A warehousing), Shipa freight forwarding, delivery and e-commerce fulfilment, and customs digitalization across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
GXO Logistics is a publicly traded (NYSE: GXO) contract logistics company that operates temperature-controlled and ambient warehousing and distribution services, including for food and beverage manufacturers, with its global headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut.
ID Logistics US is the United States operating entity of ID Logistics, a French-headquartered global contract logistics group; it was formed from ID Logistics' 2022 acquisition of Kane Logistics and provides warehousing, omnichannel distribution, and multi-temperature site operations from Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Turkish freight and logistics operator founded in 1942, headquartered in Bagcilar, Istanbul, offering domestic and international road, rail, air and sea freight forwarding, e-commerce and furniture warehousing, distribution, and customs clearance across an 81-province network in Turkey, with additional sales offices in the United States and Europe.
Italian road, intermodal and contract logistics operator with branches across Genoa, Verona, Bologna, Bari, Parma and Catania, providing warehousing, groupage distribution, customs consulting and last mile delivery services.
Road, intermodal and 3PL logistics operator headquartered in Salgareda, Veneto, offering FTL and groupage transport, warehousing, customs consulting and distribution across Italy and other European countries.
Family-owned transport and logistics group headquartered in Genk, Belgium, operating warehousing with temperature-controlled zones down to minus 70 degrees Celsius alongside road transport for chemicals, healthcare and industrial supply chains across 80 sites in 15 European countries.
Family-owned intermodal logistics operator headquartered in Zeebrugge, Belgium, running rail, road and short-sea container transport plus about 160,000 square metres of ambient and temperature-controlled warehousing, along with customs and Brexit clearance services.
Family run Irish road haulage and logistics operator headquartered in New Ross, County Wexford, running a fleet of temperature controlled trailers for fresh and frozen food alongside general warehousing, customs clearance and freight management services across Ireland, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.
Privately owned Irish port services and shipping group founded in Cork in 1886, providing stevedoring, terminal management, bulk warehousing, freight forwarding and customs clearance from port operations that include dedicated reception desks in Dublin, Cork and Rosslare.
Family owned Irish supply chain group operating a temperature controlled warehouse in Dublin 15 with zones ranging from ambient to deep freeze storage, providing cold chain warehousing, distribution and ocean, inland, refrigerated and air freight services for pharmaceutical and food customers in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Independent Irish freight forwarding and logistics company with offices in Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Belfast, operating ocean, road and air freight services alongside a Dublin food hub warehouse offering temperature controlled frozen, chilled and ambient storage and customs clearance.
Freight forwarders
Freight forwarders in United KingdomCardinal Global Logistics Ltd is a UK freight forwarder headquartered in Manchester that provides ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding together with a Customs Bureau service.
Seafrigo is a France-headquartered cold-chain logistics specialist providing temperature-controlled ocean freight, airfreight, customs and reefer-container services for perishable goods across offices on five continents.
Woodland Group is a UK-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and temperature-controlled reefer logistics for perishable goods from its office in Hayes, Middlesex.
Europa Worldwide Group is a UK freight and logistics company that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and project cargo forwarding from its head office in Dartford, Kent.
Cool Cargo UK is a Hounslow-based freight forwarder that provides temperature-controlled air freight and reefer sea freight for perishable and pharmaceutical goods.
Gateway Cargo is a Kent-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight and customs clearance services from its head office in Strood, with an additional customs office at the port of London Gateway.
Denholm Good Logistics is a UK freight forwarder formed through the merger of Good Logistics (established 1833 as John Good Shipping) and Denholm Global Logistics, operating offices and warehouses at Hull, Immingham, Liverpool, Belfast and Manchester among other UK ports.
Wainwright Bros & Co is a Southampton-based freight forwarder and port agency that has provided shipping services since 1889, arranging cargo transport by sea, road and air alongside customs clearance and project cargo shipments.
International Forwarding Limited (IFL) is a Birmingham-area freight forwarder based in Coleshill near Birmingham Airport, trading since 1989 and offering road, air and sea freight forwarding with customs clearance.
Hemisphere Freight Services is a UK freight forwarder with a branch at Skelmersdale near the Port of Liverpool, offering ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding, customs clearance, and handling of reefer cargo.
Transocean (N.I.) Limited, trading as Transocean Belfast, is a Belfast-based freight forwarder operating near the international docks, offering sea and air freight forwarding, customs clearance, containerisation and project cargo handling.
Kuehne+Nagel is a global freight forwarder offering sea and air logistics, customs, and dedicated cold chain and perishables services across close to 100 countries.
DSV is a Denmark-based global transport and logistics provider offering sea freight, air freight, customs, and project logistics across more than 90 countries.
Expeditors International is a US-based logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and project cargo through a global network in over 100 countries.
Sinotrans is a China-based logistics group and major NVOCC offering sea and air freight forwarding, shipping agency, and multimodal logistics from Chinese ports worldwide.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is a Germany-based freight forwarder operating in 62 countries with a dedicated perishable logistics arm offering temperature-controlled and reefer transport for food, flowers and edible oils.
Dimerco Express Group is a Taiwan-based, Asia-Pacific-focused freight forwarder providing air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics across China, India and ASEAN.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, perishable logistics and project logistics across more than 50 countries.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered freight forwarder offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, and cold chain logistics with reefer container and chilled/frozen air options for perishables.
CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM company headquartered in France, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and dedicated reefer and air-perishables cold chain services across around 170 countries.
Kerry Logistics (KLN Logistics Group) is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-based global 3PL offering international air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, customs brokerage, project logistics and cold chain services across 58 countries and territories.
Rhenus Logistics is a Germany-headquartered logistics provider offering air and ocean freight forwarding, road transport, customs brokerage and project logistics across more than 70 countries.
C.H. Robinson is a US-headquartered global logistics provider offering ocean, air, customs brokerage, temperature-controlled and project logistics services with regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.
Mainfreight is a New Zealand-headquartered logistics company providing air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and dedicated perishable freight handling across a network of offices in 27 countries.
cargo-partner is an Austria-headquartered info-logistics provider and Nippon Express Group member offering air, sea and land freight, warehousing and cold-chain transport for perishables, with its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Hong Kong.
Röhlig Logistics is a Germany-headquartered, owner-run international sea and air freight forwarder offering customs brokerage, project logistics and temperature-controlled/perishable cargo handling across more than 35 countries including Australia and New Zealand.
AIT Worldwide Logistics is a freight forwarder headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, offering ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance services alongside a dedicated cold chain logistics service for temperature-controlled shipments, including produce.
Toga Freight Services Ltd is a Dublin freight and customs company with over 45 years of operation, headquartered at Toga House, JFK Park, Dublin, offering FCL, LCL and out-of-gauge ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance across Ireland, the UK and Europe, with its own depots in Kent and Birmingham.
Customs brokers
Customs brokers in United KingdomDescartes Systems Group provides customs and regulatory compliance solutions, including customs declarations, security filings, Harmonized System classification, denied party screening, and export compliance. It serves customers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
EORI (UK) Limited is a UK customs broker providing managed customs clearance, import and export declarations, transit and safety and security filings, and compliance support including tariff classification and customs procedure codes. It serves the UK and works with a network of EU customs partners.
Peter Green Haulage Ltd, trading as Peter Green Chilled, is a UK temperature-controlled logistics company based in Evercreech, Somerset, that operates a customs agency handling import and export declarations, sanitary and phytosanitary paperwork, and IUU catch certificate submissions for chilled and frozen food shipments.
Davies Turner & Co Ltd is a UK freight forwarder and customs broker headquartered at the West Midlands Freight Terminal in Coleshill, handling import and export customs declarations, tariff classification advice, and customs documentation alongside air, ocean and road freight forwarding.
Charles Kendall Freight Ltd is a UK freight forwarding and customs brokerage business operating its freight headquarters near Heathrow in Feltham, managing import and export customs declarations, customs documentation, and tariff classification advice for its clients.
Woodland Global Ltd, trading as Woodland Group, is a UK-headquartered freight forwarder and customs broker whose EMEA head office is in Chelmsford, Essex, providing customs compliance consultancy, tariff classification and duty-minimisation advice, alongside international freight forwarding.
Pentagon Freight Services PLC is a UK freight forwarder and customs brokerage headquartered in Dartford, Kent, that clears shipments through UK customs, advises on tariff classification and free trade agreement use, and provides air, sea and road freight forwarding.
Cardinal Global Logistics Ltd is a UK freight forwarder and customs brokerage headquartered in Manchester that operates a customs bureau handling import and export clearance and tariff classification checks, and that recovers overpaid customs duty going back up to three years.
Caledonian Freight is a freight forwarding and customs brokerage company headquartered in Falkirk, Scotland, offering road, ocean, and air freight services alongside customs clearance for UK and European trade.
Derry Bros Customs Clearance is a customs clearance and ferry booking agency headquartered in Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, handling import and export declarations for movements between Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and continental Europe.
Kinnes Shipping is a family-owned shipping, freight forwarding, and customs clearance business headquartered at the Port of Dundee, Scotland, that states a focus on agricultural, food and drink, and other sector cargo.
Red Kite Customs Clearance is a customs brokerage headquartered in Denbigh, Wales, that prepares import and export customs declarations, documentation, and duty and tariff calculations for UK and EU trade.
Montgomery Transport is a Northern Ireland-headquartered road transport and logistics group, based in Newtownabbey, that also provides customs brokerage covering import and export declarations and safety and security filings.
Clearing Customs UK Ltd, trading as Customs Support Llanelli, is a UK customs clearance company that operates from Dafen, Llanelli, Wales as part of the Customs Support Group network and handles import and export customs declarations for goods moving between Great Britain and Ireland.
GP Global Logistics Limited, trading as GPL Customs Services, is a UK customs brokerage that operates from an operations centre in Newport, Wales as part of the Graypen Group and completes customs declarations for goods moving through UK and Netherlands seaports.
Cory Brothers Limited, trading as Cory Brothers Cardiff, is a UK freight forwarding and customs clearance company with an office in Cardiff, Wales that has served Welsh import and export businesses since 1842 and handles customs declarations for air, ocean and road freight, including trade routed via Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Livingston International is a customs broker offering customs clearance, trade consulting, and freight forwarding. It operates from around 100 networked offices across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Customs representation agency headquartered in Almeria province with branch offices in the ports of Algeciras and Almeria, handling import, export, and transit declarations and border inspections, with a stated focus on fresh produce exports.
Dublin-based customs broker and freight forwarder handling import and export customs declarations, bonded warehouse storage, deferment account facilities and Brexit-related transit and compliance documentation for shipments moving between Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Cork-based customs clearance agent filing import and export customs declarations in Ireland and the United Kingdom, handling sanitary and phytosanitary goods clearance, vehicle importation and transit movement documentation for businesses ranging from multinationals to local owners.
Independent Dublin-based customs agent providing customs consultancy, compliance reviews, outsourced import and export declaration management, ATA Carnet processing and sanitary and phytosanitary documentation for food and agricultural imports, approved by Irish Revenue and UK HMRC.
Export agents
Export agents in United KingdomFresh Produce Group sources and markets New Zealand fresh fruit and vegetables to global buyers, acting as a link between local growers and international markets. It handles blackcurrants, summerfruit, tamarillos and KiwiBerry, and supplements supply with Australian and South American fruit.
Kay Bee Exports is an air-freight exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables from India, procuring through its own farms and contract farming and running its own packhouses and UK distribution. It handles mangoes, pomegranates, pomegranate arils, okra, baby corn and hot peppers, primarily for European markets.
Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd is a Scottish shellfish processor that harvests, processes and distributes scallops, langoustine, crab and whelk from its Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire facility to customers worldwide.
Nationwide Produce Plc is a family-owned UK fresh produce company that grows, grades, packs, imports and exports fruit and vegetables from sites including Evesham, Spalding and Southport, supplying more than 1,000 customers across Europe.
MBS Inter Mar Ltd is a Glasgow-based company that has exported live Scottish shellfish, including langoustine, crab, scallop and lobster, to France, Spain, Hong Kong and Singapore since 1998.
Associated Seafoods Limited is the Scottish parent company of Lossie Seafoods and Moray Seafoods, processing smoked salmon and shellfish at sites in Buckie and Arbroath for customers around the world.
Wyke Farms is a Somerset-based dairy producer of Cheddar cheese and butter that maintains separate UK, USA, and rest-of-world sales contacts, plus a localised Japanese-language site, to serve international customers.
South Caernarfon Creameries Ltd is a farmer-owned dairy cooperative based in Chwilog, Gwynedd, that produces Welsh cheese and butter for retailers, wholesalers, foodservice, food manufacturers and the export market.
Farmers Fresh Ltd is an English lamb abattoir and cutting plant based in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, whose Welsh subsidiary operates the Maelor Abattoir in Wrexham, and which a German meat-trading customer describes as a well-known company in UK and European markets.
Darling Group grows, packs and exports fresh produce, connecting growers with global buyers through subsidiaries covering citrus, avocados and distribution across Australasia. Its produce includes avocados, citrus, blueberries, kiwifruit and mangoes.
Matipou Exports markets and exports New Zealand apples, combining fruit from its own packhouse with supply from other growers and packers. It handles Royal Gala, Premium Gala and NZ Queen varieties for export and domestic distribution.
T&G Global grows, markets and exports fresh produce, working with growers and distributors to sell in more than 60 countries. It is a major apple exporter with premium brands including Envy and Jazz, alongside kiwifruit and vegetables.
Freshmax is a full-service produce marketer that sources, imports and exports fresh produce around the Pacific Rim, supplying customers on six continents. It handles apples, pears, avocados, bananas, berries, cherries, citrus, table grapes and durian, and develops proprietary varieties.
Eco-Fruits is a Hanoi-based tropical fruit exporter that sources from Vietnamese growers and its own farms, then exports to wholesalers in around 60 markets. It handles banana, durian, coconut, mango, dragon fruit and avocado, plus processed fruit, nuts and spices.
Salix Fruits is a global fruit import and export company working with more than 80 producers across 18 countries and serving around 400 customers in 57 countries. It trades apples, citrus, pears, grapes and other fruit, and provides logistics and documentation support.
Özgür Tarim is a sultana raisin exporter operating a BRC certified plant in Saruhanli, Manisa, shipping raisins and mixed dried fruit to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Citrus producer cooperative based in Vila Nova de Cacela in the Algarve region of Portugal, growing and exporting oranges, tangerines, clementines, lemons and limes to Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland and Canada.
Fruit trading and export company based in Sanguinhal, Bombarral, Portugal, growing and packing Rocha pears, Gala apples, stone fruit and table grapes since 1983, and exporting to more than 20 countries including Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
International trading company based in Salvaterra de Magos, Ribatejo, Portugal, exporting fresh vegetables and fruit including squash, cabbages, leeks, carrots, pears and citrus to Poland, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Angola, Morocco and Senegal.
Dublin headquartered dairy cooperative that markets and exports Irish dairy products, including Kerrygold butter and cheese, on behalf of its farmer and processor members to more than one hundred countries worldwide.
Cork based seafood processor operating a plant on Kinsale Road and two sites in Bantry, exporting chilled, frozen and smoked salmon, prawn and cod products to the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States.
Mushroom grower and processor with its group headquarters and innovation centre in Tyholland, County Monaghan, marketing fresh mushrooms under its own brands to retailers in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Canada.
West Cork dairy producer based in Drimoleague making yoghurt, dairy desserts, cream and butter from its own herd's milk, with roughly a quarter of output exported mainly to United Kingdom retailers including Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado.
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland and operates as a soft commodity trading group in coffee, cocoa and cotton, sourcing from more than 40 producing countries and running a dedicated risk management unit, ECOM Risk Management, for hedging and client risk advisory.
COFCO International is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and serves as the overseas agriculture trading arm of COFCO Corporation, buying, processing and distributing grains, oilseeds, sugar, coffee and cotton through warehouses, port terminals and processing plants in more than 30 countries.
Alvean is a sugar trading company with its Geneva trading hub at Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 4, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland, specializing in origination, commercialization and trading of raw and white sugar for bulk and bagged shipment by container and vessel, with staff across nine countries.
Sucafina SA is a coffee merchant headquartered at Place de Saint-Gervais 1 in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1977, sourcing green coffee from origin countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia and supplying roasters worldwide through washing stations and farmer certification programs.
Inspection and certification
Inspection and certification bodies in United KingdomIntertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.
NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.
Eville & Jones (GB) Ltd is a Leeds-based veterinary services company that has been a Food Standards Agency service delivery partner for official meat hygiene controls in approved meat establishments in England and Wales for over 30 years, and separately provides Export Health Certification services enabling the export of products of animal origin.
Organic Farmers & Growers CIC (OF&G) is a UK organic certification body based in Albrighton, Shropshire, that has operated as a Defra-approved organic control body for more than forty years and states on its own site that it certifies over 50% of all organic land in the UK.
Alex Stewart Agriculture (AS International Corporation Ltd) is a UKAS-accredited inspection and testing company based in Liverpool that provides GAFTA- and FOSFA-approved cargo inspection, sampling and superintending services alongside food and feed laboratory analysis for agricultural commodity shipments.
Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited is a UKAS-accredited food and drink industry testing and research organisation based in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, that offers laboratory analysis and testing services covering topics including agriculture and raw materials, cereals, and microbiology.
National Milk Records Limited, trading as National Milk Laboratories, operates a UKAS-accredited dairy testing laboratory in Glasgow that provides milk payment, antibiotic residue and quality testing services to UK milk processors and farmers.
Forth Scientific Ltd is an environmental microbiology testing laboratory in Dalgety Bay, Scotland, that holds UKAS accreditation and offers water, air and food chemical and microbiological analyses.
Aberystwyth Animal Health Laboratory Ltd, trading as the Wales Veterinary Science Centre, is a not-for-profit diagnostic laboratory in Aberystwyth that provides veterinary and agricultural laboratory testing, including livestock postmortem examinations, to the Welsh farming sector.
Bia Analytical Ltd is a Belfast-based, ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratory that tests herbs, spices and other food commodities for authenticity and adulteration using spectroscopy and chemometric analysis.
Beechwood Laboratories Limited is a family-owned, UKAS-accredited food testing laboratory in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, that has provided microbiological and chemical testing to the food and feed sector since 1984.
Sperrin Technical Laboratories Ltd is a UKAS-accredited laboratory in Moneymore, Northern Ireland, providing microbiological and chemical testing, including antibiotic residue detection, allergen screening and meat speciation, for the food and feed industry.
SGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.
Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.
Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.
Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.
Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.
Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.
TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.
TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.
Organic certification body headquartered in Athlone, County Westmeath, inspecting and certifying organic farms, food processors, retailers and aquaculture operations to EU organic regulations. Approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland and by DEFRA in the United Kingdom.
Organic certification body headquartered in Naas, County Kildare, inspecting and certifying farms, processors, importers, distributors and retailers to EU organic production standards. Accredited by INAB to ISO 17065 and approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, holding control body codes IE-ORG-03 and GB-ORG-09.
Fumigation and treatment
Fumigation and treatment providers in United KingdomWillpack Ltd is a timber packaging manufacturer in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, that supplies packing cases, pallets and corrugated cartons and states on its own site that it operates an in-house heat treatment facility registered with the Forestry Commission for ISPM15 wood packaging compliance.
Export Case Company Limited is a timber export-packaging manufacturer that states it operates a 10,000 sq ft facility in Caerphilly, South Wales, producing ISPM15-compliant timber packing cases and describes itself as a member of the UK Wood Packaging Material Marking Programme.
Nicklin Transit Packaging Limited is a Wednesbury-based transit packaging manufacturer that states on its own site it was the first company in its industry to supply ISPM15-compliant pallets and timber packaging, holding UK Wood Packaging Material Marking Programme registration FC0001.
John Pipe International is a UK export packing and freight forwarding company established in 1961, registered as John Pipe Limited, operating packing premises in Poole, Dorset and Eastleigh, Hampshire near Southampton.
Rowlinson Packaging (South) Ltd is a timber packaging manufacturer based in Thetford, Norfolk, part of the Rowlinson Group, producing wooden pallets that are heat treated to meet ISPM15 export requirements.
Wells & Root Ltd is a Leicester-based freight forwarder and export packer, established in 1922, that manufactures ISPM15-conformant, heat-treated timber export cases and pallets.
Stadium Export Services is a Gateshead-based export packing and freight company, formerly registered as Stadium Packaging Ltd, that heat treats its timber to meet international ISPM15 standards for worldwide export.
Export Packing Services Ltd, also trading as Precision Packing Co, is a Slough-based export casemaker that builds ISPM-15 heat-treated timber cases for shipments leaving the UK.
Alpha Fumigation Services is a Framlingham, Suffolk-based fumigation company, established in 2011, that treats grain cargo, ship holds, and shipping containers using phosphine gas.
Edwards & Ross Pallets Limited, trading as Pallet Recycling South Wales (PRSW), is a Welsh pallet recycling and packaging company that operates a heat-treatment kiln at its Corporation Road site in Newport to treat wood packaging to ISPM15 standard, alongside pallet refurbishment, shredding and freight-forwarding services.
James Kingan and Sons Limited is a Scottish sawmill and timber merchant based at Townhead Sawmill, New Abbey, Dumfries, that operates its own kiln to heat-treat pallet timber to ISPM15 standard under wood-packaging marking number FC0189, alongside sawn timber, fencing and pressure-treatment services.
John Gordon & Son Limited is a Scottish sawmilling company based in Nairn, in the Highlands, that kiln-dries and heat-treats pallet wood to ISPM15 standard (KD/HT 56/30) in its own kilns, alongside sawn fencing, carcassing and other softwood timber products.
Command Pest Control Limited is a Suffolk-based pest control company that provides phosphine gas fumigation of stored grain and bulk food commodities for agricultural, warehouse and shipping customers across East Anglia, a treatment distinct from ISPM15 heat treatment of wood packaging.
Distributors
Distributors in United KingdomNature's Pride is a Netherlands-based importer and distributor of exotic and ready-to-eat fresh fruit and vegetables, including avocados, mangoes, berries and exotic vegetables under its EAT ME brand. It sources from growers worldwide and supplies retail and other buyers across Europe, with ripening and ready-to-eat programs.
Punjab Exotic Foods Ltd is a London-based fresh produce wholesaler that sources fruit and vegetables from growers across the UK and Europe and supplies supermarkets, cash and carries, independent retailers, caterers and food service businesses, trading from stands at New Spitalfields Market since 2011.
Waldon Fruit Ltd is a London wholesale fruit, vegetable and salad supplier, founded in 1978, that has traded from New Spitalfields Market since 1991 and describes itself on its own site as a supplier to the retail and catering trade.
Montgomery Wholesale Fruit and Veg Limited is a fruit and vegetable wholesaler trading from New Spitalfields Market in London that supplies restaurants, food halls and farm shops, and its own site states it has supplied fresh produce since 1981.
Walter Braund (Spitalfields) Limited is a fruit wholesaler that has traded from Stand 62 at New Spitalfields Market in London since at least 1992, operating overnight trading hours typical of the wholesale market.
5 Star Fruit and Veg London Ltd is a London fresh produce wholesaler trading from New Spitalfields Market that imports fruit and vegetables from around the world, with a focus on Indian and Afro-Caribbean produce.
M. & W. Mack Limited is a UK fresh produce wholesaler, part of the Fresca Group, that trades as Mack Birmingham from a unit at Birmingham Wholesale Market and also operates branches at Bristol and Southampton markets.
J. Vickerstaff & Co. Ltd is a wholesale fish and seafood merchant trading from Birmingham Wholesale Market, sourcing fresh and frozen seafood from UK and international suppliers.
George Perry Ltd, registered as George Perry (Wholesale Fruit & Vegetables) Limited, is a fresh fruit and vegetable importer and wholesaler operating from Birmingham Wholesale Market with SALSA-certified storage and distribution facilities.
Valimex Foodservice, the trading name of Valimex (Import & Export) Limited, is a fruit, vegetable and fine-food distributor supplying the UK foodservice industry from a depot at Park Royal, London.
Barton and Redman Limited is a fresh fruit and vegetable wholesaler trading from Strawberry House at New Smithfield Market in Manchester, incorporated in 1964.
John Henshall (Fruit Salesmen) Ltd is a fruit and vegetable importer and wholesaler trading from New Smithfield Market in Manchester since 1928.
Exotica Superfruit Ltd is a UK wholesale importer and distributor of fruit and vegetables based at Western International Market in Southall, west London, and is part of a wider group of businesses that also includes Exotic Superstores retail outlets in Reading, Slough and Southall.
Fresh4u Produce Ltd is a UK wholesale importer and distributor of fresh fruit and vegetables, founded in 2009 and based at Western International Market in Southall, west London.
New Springwell Veg Ltd is a UK wholesale fruit and vegetable distributor incorporated in 2010 and based at Western International Market in Southall, west London.
Fruity Fresh (Western) Ltd is a UK importer, wholesaler and retailer of fresh fruit and vegetables, operating a wholesale unit at Western International Market and a separate storage and distribution depot on the Beaver Industrial Estate, both in Southall, west London, alongside retail shops in Northwood and Wembley.
Irish owned fresh produce group headquartered in Dublin that grows, imports, ripens and distributes fruit, vegetables, salads and flowers to retail, foodservice and wholesale customers in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including ripening bananas at its Dublin facility.
Cork headquartered wholesale and foodservice distributor supplying grocery, convenience and hospitality businesses, including cafes, hotels, restaurants and takeaways, across the island of Ireland, with additional retail brand operations in Spain.
Packaging suppliers
Packaging suppliers in United KingdomNicklin Transit Packaging Limited, a fourth-generation family-owned business established in 1913, manufactures timber pallets and cases plus corrugated cardboard transit packaging from its sites in Wednesbury and Birmingham.
Amcor is a global packaging company that produces flexible and barrier films, folding cartons, and specialty packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods, including fresh-produce, meat, and dairy applications.
Charpak Ltd is a UK manufacturer of thermoformed rigid plastic packaging, including clamshell trays, lids and bases for food and retail products, operating a BRCGS-certified facility in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Sirane, the trading name of Coppice Alupack Ltd, is a UK manufacturer of absorbent food-packaging pads and liners, marketed under its Dri-Fresh and Sea-Fresh brands, operating a BRCGS-certified facility in Tonypandy, Wales.
Sabert UK Ltd, trading together with the Colpac brand, is a UK food packaging manufacturer and designer of paperboard cartons and boxes for sandwich, bakery and food-to-go packaging, based in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.
Denny Bros Ltd is a UK manufacturer of multi-page and specialist labels, including its patented Fix-a-Form booklet label format, operating a BSI ISO 9001-certified facility in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Cepac Limited manufactures corrugated cardboard packaging, including cases, cartons and displays, from production sites in Rotherham, Doncaster, Goole and Darlington.
Reflex Labels, part of The Reflex Group Limited, manufactures self-adhesive product labels for the food, drink and other sectors from its Mansfield head office and other UK sites including Leicester and Grimsby.
Craemer UK Limited manufactures injection-moulded plastic pallets and other material handling products at its production sites in Telford, Shropshire.
Plastex, the trading name of Plastic Extruders Limited, manufactures polyester and polypropylene plastic strapping at its factory in Wickford, Essex.
Smith & McLaurin Limited manufactures pressure-sensitive label, tag and ticket materials, including ranges used in food and drink packaging, at its Cartside Mill site in Kilbarchan, Scotland.
Thailand-headquartered multinational packaging company producing corrugated and paper packaging, foodservice packaging, and fresh-produce solutions, including modified-atmosphere OptiBreath films used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
India's largest flexible packaging materials company, headquartered in Noida. Manufactures BOPP, BOPET and CPP packaging films (including metallized and barrier grades) used for food, beverage, pharma and industrial packaging, with manufacturing plants across four continents.
Huhtamaki is a global food-packaging manufacturer producing moulded-fibre trays and punnets, flexible films, paperboard, and foodservice packaging, including packaging used for fresh produce and food-on-the-shelf.
Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company producing corrugated boxes, fresh-produce trays and boxes, folding cartons, containerboard, and bag-in-box systems.
Manufactures cartonboard, folding cartons, leaflets and labels for consumer packaging, and operates a packaging plant (MM Premium Vienna) in the city, where the group is also headquartered.
Waste and recycling services
Waste and recycling services in United KingdomKeenan Recycling is a Scotland-based food waste collection company that processes collected food waste through in-vessel composting, including a composting plant at Turriff, Aberdeenshire, listed on APHA's GB register of approved animal by-product premises.
Tunnel Tech is a UK composting company that produces mushroom compost at two production sites, in Doncaster and Stockbridge, and is part of the Monaghan Mushroom Group.
Agripost is a Shropshire-based organics recycling company that operates composting and anaerobic digestion facilities near Shrewsbury.
The Felix Project is a London food redistribution charity, registered in England and Wales (no. 1100051) and Scotland (no. SC052672), that collects surplus food and redistributes it through depots across London, including sites in Enfield, Poplar, Deptford and Acton.
Natural World Products is a Northern Ireland based organics recycling company that operates DAERA-approved composting facilities, including a site in Dunmurry, Belfast.
Leo Group Ltd is a UK animal by-products rendering business operating processing plants in Halifax, Bradford, Penrith and Kintore that produce meals, oils and tallow from category 1 and category 3 material.
ReFood UK Limited, part of the SARIA group, collects food waste from UK businesses and processes it through anaerobic digestion at facilities including its Doncaster plant, generating renewable electricity and biomethane for the grid.
Binn Group Ltd operates a resource management and recycling facility at Binn Farm, Glenfarg in Perthshire, Scotland, handling food, green and commercial waste, with the operator's own site stating that organic waste is treated through composting or anaerobic digestion.
CWM Environmental Ltd operates a green-waste composting facility and materials recycling facility at Nantycaws near Carmarthen in Wales, processing over 24,000 tonnes of green waste a year into compost products sold under its Merlin's Magic brand.
Earnside Energy Limited operates an anaerobic digestion and in-vessel composting plant at Glenfarg near Perth, Scotland, processing food and garden waste into renewable energy, biofertiliser and compost.
Biogen (UK) Limited operates a network of anaerobic digestion plants across the UK, including a site at Waen near St Asaph in Denbighshire, Wales, that accepts Category 3 animal by-product and unpackaged food waste.
Bryn Recycling Limited, trading as the Bryn Group, is a family-run waste management and recycling company based at Gelliargwellt Farm near Hengoed in South Wales that operates an anaerobic digestion plant processing food waste and cattle slurry into renewable electricity and digestate biofertiliser.
ALG Biogas Ltd is a Northern Ireland anaerobic digestion company, grown out of a family farming operation, based in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, that recycles food and liquid waste from local businesses into biogas-derived renewable electricity and digestate biofertiliser.
Community Initiatives South West Ltd, trading as FareShare South West, is a registered charity based in Bristol that redistributes surplus food from the food industry to frontline charities and community groups, operating hubs in Bristol and Plymouth as a legally separate organisation from the national FareShare charity.
Australia/New Zealand arm of the global Veolia environmental services group, providing food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection and processing. It uses in-vessel composting and forced-aeration to make compost and soil conditioners, and runs anaerobic digestion converting commercial food waste to electricity.
Australian subsidiary of the global REMONDIS Group providing commercial food organics collection and processing. It uses sealed tunnel composting to turn food and garden waste into compost, mulch and fertiliser for parks, agriculture and gardens.