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An Introduction to Karsten UK
Karsten UK is The Karsten Group’s dedicated service provider in the United Kingdom. Its main focus is to coordinate a seamless logistical operation to transport the fruit from where it is harvested in South Africa to their customer base throughout the UK.
Karsten UK is located at Enterprise Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire, and is responsible for receiving, storing and distributing the product according to marketing requirements. The facilities also offer re-packing services.
Karsten UK undertakes all aspects of product management, including stock control, quality assurance, managing daily orders and the logistics functions required. Karsten UK delivers fruit directly from the point of arrival to the depots of customers, or by utilizing the Spalding facilities as a consolidation point for different category deliveries.
Our History
OUR ROOTS
Karsten UK is The Karsten Group’s dedicated service provider in the United Kingdom. Its main focus is to coordinate a seamless logistical operation to transport the fruit from where it is harvested in South Africa to their customer base throughout the UK. Since February 2015 Karsten UK has also been operating from a second site in the United Kingdom, located at Turners (Soham) near Newmarket.
Karsten UK is located at Bowman’s Chilled Stores, a cold storage facility in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and is responsible for receiving, storing and distributing the product according to marketing requirements. The facilities also offer re-packing services.
Vision & Philosophy
OUR VISION
The Karsten Group strives to further optimize productivity in order to increase profits and to develop products and markets that will enable us to create jobs and employ more people during the year.
The Group is committed to building volume growth, increase value for all stakeholders, and using successes to the benefit of all.
The Karsten Group strive to remain the front runners of the industry through continued focus on the competitive edge, diversification, strategic management and optimal use of water and other resources.
Please view the map below for our Worldwide locations
KARSTEN UK
Spalding, UK
KARSTEN Europe
Hoek van Holland, NL
New South
Hoek van Holland, NL
Nature's Bridge
Hoek van Holland, NL
Timerfruit
Rotterdam, NL
Horizon Fresh Fruit Exports
Hoek van Holland, NL
St Petersburg, RU
KARSTEN Farms
Northern Cape, ZA
KARSTEN Group Holdings
Western Cape, ZA
KARSTEN Marketing
Western Cape, ZA
Horizon Fruits
Western Cape, ZA
NewFresh
Western Cape, ZA
Hydix
Guangzhou, CN
“The Vision. The People. The Products.”
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