Our Group Structure
Our companies cover 4 core functions – we are growing specialists, produce sourcing experts, and we provide key services including customs clearance and co-packing, and varietal development.
Growing
Sourcing
Services
Development
Our Mission & Values
We have one mission – to be The First Choice Produce Partner.
Doing business the right way – ethically and sustainably for our people, partners, products and planet.
When you connect with a Fresca company, you will find that our actions reflect our company’s values.
FLEXIBILITY
In our way of working, our service and our direction
RESOURCEFULNESS
Finding solutions, even in the toughest of times
EXCELLENCE
In our products, our people, our facilities and our performance
SUSTAINABILITY
Working for a greater future, stronger ethics and longer relationships
CHARACTER
A group with diversity, passion and personality, with people who care
AMBITION
Driving developments for Fresca, for our people and our partners
What Matters To Us
We invest in an ethically responsible and sustainable future. Our approach to business is to form partnerships, which is the foundation of our success. We work incredibly hard to create value for our partners – for our retail and wholesale customers, for our network of growers and suppliers, and of course our own colleagues, who share our values. Our people manage categories and products, linking with the world’s best growers to create a powerful commercial proposition. This is why to our customers, growers, suppliers, communities and most importantly our own people, Fresca is the First Choice Produce Partner.
Our Roots
We’ve been nourishing the nation for over 150 years, since our founder, Matthew Mack, entered the original Covent Garden Market in 1874, with his barrow of fresh produce ahead of the competition. That same pioneering spirit still exists in our DNA today – our Chairman, Chris Mack, is the 4th generation of the Mack family, and to this day stands by it being our people that make the difference. We all live our culture that nothing is impossible, and new ideas are embraced and explored.
Vertical integration is a key part of our story. Fresca Group includes companies that own land and grow fresh produce – directly, and with specialist partners, both here in the UK and around the globe.
Our Story
Although Fresca Group Limited was established as the overall holding company for our rapidly expanding group, our story starts over 150 years ago.
1874
Matthew Mack opened the first Mack stand at the original Covent Garden Market.
1936
Saw the opening of the wholesale branch in Southampton.
1961
New site built at Paddock Wood.
1965
Wholesale expanded into Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham markets.
1978
Chris Mack joins the business.
1988
Moved to larger premises – The Fresh Produce Centre.
2005
Established Fresca.
2005
Acquired Primafruit.
2005
Established Thanet Earth as a joint venture. First salad crops were harvested in 2009.
2006
Established Manor Fresh as a joint venture business.
2007
Acquired DGM Growers.
2017
Established FreshPLUS co-packing operation within The Fresh Produce Centre.
2018
Established The Avocado Company.
2018
Established Fresh Clear.
2018
Established Fresquita Farm in Antioquia, Colombia with joint venture partners, Cartama, and now grow our own avocados on the 422 hectare farm.
2023
Thanet Earth added whole head lettuce to their salad portfolio.
