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2 October 2024
Olympic Food Group continues under the name Fruitful Ventures
Olympic Food Group will now operate under the name Fruitful Ventures. With a new company name, refreshed positioning, and a modern logo, the compan...
Fruit importer and exporter for Northwest Europe
Fruit importer and exporter for the CIS region and Ukraine
Fruit importer and exporter for the Middle and Far East, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and Southeastern Europe
Specialist in refrigeration, storage and distribution, cross-docking, packaging/repackaging, and the transportation of fresh produce.
Our residue flow processing hub where rejected fruit is processed into semi-finished products
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Responsible for the management and development of our own growing locations
Establishment
2001Olympic Fruit was founded by Thijs van den Heuvel. We started out with 4 people on the second floor of the old Pascual location on the Hagé grounds.
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Acquisition of Hoofdman-Roodzant
2008Hoofdman-Roodzant was the first company to be purchased by Thijs van den Heuvel.
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Olympic Food Group
2012In 2012, Olympic Food Group was established to support the companies with shared services such as HRM and Finance. By that time, there were more than 10 companies under the umbrella of the group.
Establishment Innofruit
2013In 2013, for strategic reasons, it was decided to sell some companies and opt for backward chain integration by investing in in-house production. Innofruit was established for this purpose. In 2016, the growing locations in South Africa and Northern Macedonia were added to Innofruit's portfolio.
Establishment Fresh Pack Logistics
2014In 2014, Fresh Pack Logistics was established. In addition to growing, buying and selling fruit, we were now able cool, store, repack and transport fruit.
Establishment Fresh Pride
2016In 2016, Fresh Pride was established to serve the Middle and Far East, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and Southern Europe.
Acquisition Fresh Pride & Hoofdman-Roodzant
2018In 2018, the baton was passed on to the next generation when Lennart van den Heuvel took over Fresh Pride and Hoofdman-Roodzant from his father Thijs.
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Acquisition Olympic Food Group, Olympic Fruit and Fresh Pack Logistics
2020On January 1, 2020, Lennart van den Heuvel also took over Olympic Food Group, Olympic Fruit and Fresh Pack Logistics from his father.
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Fresh Pride Singapore
2022Fresh Pride Singapore was established in 2022.
Establishment Fresh Pride Serbia and South Africa
2023In 2023, Fresh Pride was further expanded to include Fresh Pride Serbia and Fresh Pride South Africa.
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Establishment HALF-BAKED
2024HALF-BAKED, our very own residual flow processing hub, became a reality. This year, we are also taking over part of Greek Grape Company's commercial operations and Olympic Food Group will become Fruitful Ventures.
View our vacancies
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Backoffice Employee
Are you the person who brings structure to a dynamic process? As a Backoffice Employee, you are the pivotal figure in the container transport process. You switch effortlessly between suppliers, customers and other stakeholders and ensure that everything runs smoothly administratively and logistically. Then the job of Backoffice Employee at our company is for you!
You plan and organise transport, ensure flawless order entry, maintain contact with various stakeholders and keep an overview of the agreements made with import, sales and production. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to help think about process improvements
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Business Controller
You, a strong financial, with a passion for numbers and a keen eye for improvements within our organisation beware! Fruitful Ventures is looking for a: Business Controller.
Senior Account Manager CIS & Ukraine
For Hoofdman-Roodzant, we are looking for a Senior Account Manager to serve existing and new clients in the CIS region and Ukraine. Do you have at least 5 years of experience in fruit export/sourcing, and does this challenge excite you? Then read on!
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We are ambitious, fast-growing and always open to new opportunities.
