As our name implies we are an international fruit marketing and distribution Company specialising chiefly in the supply of apples and pears to major UK multiple retailers. We source products globally ensuring continuity of supply 365 days of the year.

A Brief History
Worldwide Fruit has a history that brings together 3 of the marque names in produce.

The name Worldwide Fruit was first used in 1990 when Geest Fresh Produce was split into four autonomous units. They were known as English Village Salads, Select Veg, Tropical Produce and Worldwide Fruit. Worldwide Fruit were experts in imported fruit - apples, pears, dates, kiwifruit and avocado. In 1998 Worldwide Fruit moved into the offices on West Marsh Road.

The New Zealand Apple & Pear Board was created by in 1948 to market all apples and pears grown in New Zealand. In 1949 this amounted 500,000 cases. The ENZA brand debuted in 1991 by which time New Zealand was exporting 14,000,000 cases. New Zealand has an outstanding record of producing new varieties launching Royal Gala in 1973, Braeburn in 1985, Taylor's Gold in 1997 and Jazz in 2002. After deregulation in 2002 ENZA merged with Turners & Growers Ltd, to create New Zealand's largest produce company.

On 3rd January 2000 Geest Worldwide Fruit merged with Enzafruit New Zealand UK Ltd (the UK subsidiary of ENZA) forming a 50/50 joint venture and became known as Enzafruit Worldwide Ltd. This gave the new merged company a balanced portfolio of imported fruit.

In November 2000 Northcourt, took a 20% interest in Enzafruit Worldwide. Northcourt were the largest supplier of UK grown apples and pears and the organisations that merged over the years to form Northcourt is a roll call of the UK's finest suppliers - Homegrown Fruits, East Kent Packers, Waveney Apple Growers, Norfolk Fruit Growers, Checkers MGA, Anglian Fruit Farmers and West Country Top Fruit. By creating a company that merged domestic and imported fruit the company could meet all sourcing needs of our supermarket customers.

In November 2003 Geest divested their shareholding and Enza/Turners &Growers and Northcourt became joint owners each having a 50% share. The company name also changed to
Worldwide Fruit Ltd.

Step forward to today and Worldwide Fruit has an enviably strong position in the UK marketplace.
we're very proud to have excellent suppliers
we're very proud to have excellent customers
we're very proud to have excellent staff

A little information about where we work

The Spalding site is where a high proportion of the imported Apples and Pears are packed, as well as our speciality lines Avocado, Kiwi and Dates. Commercial, International procurement and central administrative teams are also located at Spalding. Our new state of the art site includes 52,000 sq ft of grading, packing and distribution facilities, 8,500 sq ft of office space, housing over 200 staff and operates 24 hours a day. The building was designed with new energy saving methods including light weight insulation panels as well as using heat recovery from the cooling equipment to heat the office

The Whitstable site is an office only site managing UK grown apples and pears. Particularly, this covers UK procurement together with associated planning, distribution and logistical functions. Whitstable also manages the distribution of imported apples and pears that are handled by principle WFL pack sites which are located in Kent. Fruition PO, the Purchasing Organisation of our UK growers, is also based at this office.