Visitors attending the October 7-11 Anuga International Food Industry Trade Fair in Cologne, Germany will find a top quality harvest of value-added frozen vegetables to pick and choose from in Hall 4.2. Among leading producers, marketers and traders from around the world on the scene, Ardo of Belgium, Givrex of Egypt and Brecon Foods of Canada will respectively hold forth from Stands E-011, A-039 and A-019.
Newly launched Avocado Diced and Corn Ribs products will be in high profile at the Ardo stand, along with the company’s extensive range of value added retail, foodservice and industrial products that include colorful and nutritious pulses, beetroot burgers, Siciliana-style grill mixes featuring peppers, courgettes and oven-dried tomatoes, Herb Mix all Napoletana and much more.
Ardo’s 20 production, packing and distribution sites in nine countries are located from north to south and from east to west in Europe’s most fertile crop growing regions. The close proximity of factories to crops is one of its key strengths and ensures that little time transpires from the point of harvest the process of freezing and assuring top fresh-frozen quality.
The company has sales offices in Europe, the USA, China and beyond. Embracing a “glocal” approach to business means it can react efficiently and anticipate quickly developing needs and wants of customers.
Givrex
Headquartered in Alexandria, Givrex has been producing and exporting all types of Egyptian frozen vegetables and fruits since 1978. The privately owned family business, founded by Robert Mansour, sells a wide range of products including all types of artichokes, peeled broad beans (fava beans), delicatessen-style tournés vegetables, sweet potatoes, skinless and grilled peppers, roasted eggplant, Egyptian ethnic vegetables, okra, whole and cut green beans, spinach, molokhia, strawberries, apricots, pulp of mango and guava, figs and dates. Also offered are falafel and creams of soup.
The Givrex portfolio is popular in both local and international markets. Products are regularly exported to customers in Europe, North and South America, Australia and Arab countries.
Brecon Foods
The Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada-based Brecon Foods sales and marketing team is looking forward to meeting and greeting frozen fruit, vegetable, herb, potato, meat and poultry suppliers, processors, wholesalers and exporters during the Anuga exhibition.
Founded in 1990, the family owned and operated company has continually grown over the past three decades as a global food merchant specializing in trading and co-packing in addition to tailoring third party import and export shipping expertise and supply chain management services for clients. It annually arranges shipments of approximately 35,000 metric tons of product destined for 60 or more countries on six continents.
Brecon’s business is based on long standing relationships throughout the supply chain, supported by the commitment of dedicated multilingual and multicultural employees well versed in quality assurance, logistical planning and finance skills on both the front and back ends of supply line transactions.
The extensive range of hundreds of IQF products traded by Brecon Foods is long and diverse. The fruit and vegetable assortment literally goes from A to Z – starting with apples, apricots, avocados and artichokes and ending with zucchini. Frozen meats and poultry include various cuts of beef pork, chicken and turkey sourced from North and South America as well as Europe.
