The Group
"In Nationwide Produce, we have gained a valued, one-stop customer which has enhanced our ability to market the full range of crops to all sectors of the produce industry throughout Europe. Whether we are fulfilling their order of a multi-truck consignment of Cucumbers for a major Supermarket, or loading mixed pallets for one of their hundreds of wholesale/food-service clients, Nationwide’s diversity has helped strengthen our business together. Couple this with the advantages of working with such a financially sound Company, in increasingly uncertain times, it is easy to see why our confidence in this partnership is so strong."
Miguel Caparos
El Grupo SCA
Castel de Ferro
Nationwide España
The Group's reach was extended to Southern Europe when Nationwide España was established on 1st January 2009. Nationwide España is based in the fertile growing region of Almería on the south coast of Spain. Almería is one of the warmest regions in Europe with an average annual temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and some 330 days of sun per year on average. Therefore, it is no surprise that the principal economic activity for this region is greenhouse farming with millions of tons of vegetable crops exported around Europe and other parts of the World each year. Having a base in this prominent growing area will inevitably lead to an increase in imports to UK from the Almería region and throughout Spain. Nationwide España has also already managed to develop a healthy export business to Scandinavia, Germany, France, Holland & Switzerland and is seen as an important strategic development for the Group.