— PARTNER
Frutesa
What is it that makes Frutesa so special? The people. Frutesa has been trading for 37 years and has grown into a successful business on the strength of the passion and dedication of its employees and partners. “Many of our employees have spent their entire working lives with Frutesa, and we have been working with many of our growers for decades. These stable relationships are extremely valuable to us,” says Luis Teo Pineda of Frutesa.
The company’s core values are integrity, equality, excellence, quality and transparency – five core values that are used as guiding principles in their dealings with every supplier, employee and customer. These values enable them to build up strong, long-term relationships with everyone involved in the company. Frutesa is constantly striving to improve as it pursues its ongoing search for exciting new products, packaging and transport options. “Excellence in quality and service is the principle that guides us, and we do everything we can to achieve this by constantly improving our processes, products and people,” Luis Teo says.
— SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Teaming up with our suppliers
Frutesa is one of the founding members of Fundarveja, a foundation set up by Guatemalan vegetable exporters to improve the living standards of growers and their families and their children’s education. Frutesa has worked hand in hand with thousands of small producers and their workers to ensure good profitability and progress for their families and communities. “We sign contracts with our growers and provide technical assistance, training, supervision and financial support to enable them to grow top quality products with all the relevant certifications,” Luis Teo says. “In recent times, their lives have changed forever. Our country has grown from a traditional subsistence economy into one that plays a significant role in the world economy. We are hugely proud of the fact that we have been a major factor in bringing about these positive changes.”
— PRODUCT
Sugar snaps
Sugar snaps are a mix between garden peas and mangetouts. This makes them taste sweeter than the mangetouts and that is where the name sugar snaps comes from. You can eat the sugar snaps all in once. The great thing about the sugar snaps is that they stay fresh and crunchy during preparation.
— PRODUCT
Rambutan
With its remarkable hairy green-reddish skin this fruit attracts your attention quickly. It is also called the hairy lychee. When you open it you will be surprised with a delicious white, juicy and aromatic fruit. The rambutan grows in bunches in trees that can grow up to 20 meters!
— PRODUCT
Rambutan
With its remarkable hairy green-reddish skin this fruit attracts your attention quickly. It is also called the hairy lychee. When you open it you will be surprised with a delicious white, juicy and aromatic fruit. The rambutan grows in bunches in trees that can grow up to 20 meters!
— FRUTESA & BUD HOLLAND
“Partners for more than 30 years”
“In 1983 my mother Gloria Polanco started exporting Guatemalan mangoes to the United Kingdom. When the first export customers expressed an interest in other fruit and vegetables from Guatemala, she saw an opportunity to start exporting all the wonderful products Guatemala has to offer,” Luis Teo explains. “Back then, Bud Holland was the first company to launch sugar snaps onto the European market and has been our regular partner for 36 of the 37 years that Frutesa has been trading.” Luis Teo and Clark Macdonald joined the company later on, and this close-knit team has since gone on to set up a stable network exporting to 10 different countries.
