Welcome to Karsten UK
Welcome to Karsten UK
Karsten UK is part of the wider Karsten Group, with its UK base in Newport, Shropshire. As a provider of Fresh Fruit Solutions & Premium Quality Produce, Karsten UK serves as the Group’s dedicated UK service provider, specialising in the efficient management of fresh fruit logistics. From the point of arrival, we oversee every stage of the journey — including storage, re-packing, quality control and onward distribution — ensuring products are delivered promptly and to exacting standards.
In Newport, Karsten Prepared offers innovative, ready-to-eat fruit solutions, from snack packs to platters, using both hand-cut and automated processes. With a strong focus on sustainability, we continue to develop Fresh Fruit Solutions & Premium Quality Produce that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
The Vision The People The products
The Karsten Group aims to boost productivity, grow profits, and develop products and markets that create jobs and increase employment year-round.
The Vision
The People
The Products
The Karsten Group aims to boost productivity, grow profits, and develop products and markets that create jobs and increase employment year-round.
Our Divisions
Karsten UK is made up of three key divisions, each designed to deliver flexible solutions to meet the needs of our customers:
Supplying fruit directly from source, supported by long-term grower partnerships across the globe.
At Karsten UK, we understand that reliability and flexibility are essential in today’s fresh produce supply chain. That’s why we pride ourselves on offering year-round availability, flexibility and tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of our customers.
Integrated Supply Chain
Our group businesses ensure seamless service across the supply chain:
HORIZON FRUIT LOGISTICS
Managing inland transport and sea freight, ensuring efficient and timely delivery.
IMPORT & CUSTOMS
Our import division, arranging customs clearance and onward delivery direct to customers.
KARSTEN NEWPORT
Specialists in packing and category management, offering a trusted and flexible service.
Seamless Fruit Supply & Logistics
Karsten UK undertakes all aspects of product management, including stock control, quality assurance, the management of daily orders, and the logistics functions required. Karsten UK delivers fruit directly from the point of arrival to customers’ depots, or by utilising the Newport facilities as a consolidation point for multi-category deliveries.
Prepared
Karsten Prepared operates from a state-of-the-art prepared fruit facility in the Shropshire countryside, offering multiple solutions for prepared fruit snacking and ‘food to go’ options for convenience shoppers. Utilising both automated and hand-cutting techniques, Karsten Prepared slices fresh fruit to exacting specifications, with the capability to produce snack pack trays and pots on dedicated lines using fully automated labelling systems.
Our Culture -Behaviours in Action
Innovation
Inspire
Innovation
Care
Care with
Compassion
Accountability
Hold each other
Accountable
Respect
Respect each others
differences
Excellence
Drive Excellence in
everything we do
Our Culture – Behaviours in Action
Innovation
Inspire
Innovation
Care
Care with
Compassion
Accountability
Hold each other
Accountable
Respect
Respect each others
differences
Excellence
Drive Excellence in
everything we do
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible.
Piet Karsten
Our Worldwide Locations
Discover Karsten UK’s global reach with multiple international locations delivering excellence across every continent.
Seamless UK Fruit Logistics Hub
Our Roots
Karsten UK is The Karsten Group’s dedicated service provider in the United Kingdom. Its main focus is to coordinate a seamless logistical operation to transport the fruit from where it is harvested in South Africa to their customer base throughout the UK.
Karsten UK is responsible for receiving, storing and distributing the product according to marketing requirements. The facilities also offer re-packing services.
Driving Growth Through Strategic Innovation
Our Vision
The Karsten Group strives to further optimise productivity in order to increase profits and to develop products and markets that will enable us to create jobs and employ more people during the year.
The Group is committed to building volume growth, increase value for all stakeholders, and using successes to the benefit of all.
The Karsten Group strive to remain the front runners of the industry through continued focus on the competitive edge, diversification, strategic management and optimal use of water and other resources.
