Greenyard Fresh Germany
| Greenyard Fresh Germany | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1902 |
| Seat | Bremen |
| management | Reiner Ulrich Scheidler, Juan Carlos Sanchez |
| Number of employees | about 800 |
| sales | 1.14 billion euros (2013) |
| Branch | Fruit trade |
| Website | www.greenyardfresh.de |
The Green Yard Fresh Germany GmbH is in Bremen -based subsidiary of the listed Belgian Green Yard NV . It is one of the most important companies in the fresh fruit trade with a focus on the import, ripening and trade of bananas .
Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH operates 8 distribution centers in Germany and Austria with storage and logistics services for fresh fruit and vegetables. The services also include quality management and the traceability of fresh products.
Consumers is they above all by the brand 1x1 known and through their action for damages against the EU - banana regime , which was dismissed on appeal (in particular Regulation No 404/93 and 1442/93.).
history
The nucleus of the company is the fruit trading company founded by Gustav Scipio in Bremen on June 24, 1902 , which imported tropical fruits. 1967 saw the birth of the Chiquita banana in the Federal Republic of Germany. In the same year, the company was the first wholesaler to start business with self- service packaged fruit and vegetables. The 1x1 trademark also emerges from the company's operations. Bernd-Artin Wessels was to have a decisive influence on the corporate development of the Scipio Group in the 1970s to the 2000s, and in 1987 he was responsible for founding Atlanta AG , where he became CEO in 1987 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board in 1998. During this time, this group of companies has grown into one of the most important companies in this business area. In 1996 Scipio GmbH & Co. took over holding functions, Atlanta AG controls the operative business. In 1998 DFM Direct Fruit Marketing GmbH was founded as a company of the Atlanta Group. In 1999 the Heuer group was spun off as a forwarding and handling company. At the end of the 1980s, the banana multinational Chiquita Brands International from Cincinnati took over almost all of the shares of the Atlanta parent company Scipio, but this was always denied by both companies. In March 2003, Chiquita officially incorporated the secret daughter Atlanta. From 2003 to 2008 she was part of Chiquita. During this time, a phase of restructuring followed.
In the second quarter of 2008 Chiquita sold the company to the Belgian Univeg group for 54 million euros . From the Atlanta AG , the Univeg Germany is.
The Greenyard Fresh Group in Belgium is a global supplier of fresh products, including fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants as well as convenience products and transport and logistics services.
In 2014, UNIVEG Germany gave up its traditional company headquarters in the Fruchthof Bremen on Breitenweg , which was built in 1955, and moved its headquarters to a new building on Universitätsallee .
UNIVEG has been part of the Greenyard Group since mid-2015. On January 1, 2017, the company renamed Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH .
Companies
logistics
The 8 Distribution Centers (DCs) are spread across Germany and Austria, with banana ripeners, picking areas, pallet racking systems, combined refrigeration rooms and packing stations located there.
Distribution Center
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Bremerhaven
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Eitting
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Southwest
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Leipzig
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Duisburg
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Hamburg
- Greenyard Fresh Germany GmbH, DC Munich
- Greenyard Fresh Austria GmbH in Vienna