D G Imports

Name

D G Imports

Legal name

DG Imports Limited

Website

https://dgimports.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Produce Wholesale Distribution

NAICS

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (424480)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Import / Export Produce Wholesale (Cross-Border Trading) (AFAIACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Imported Foods Wholesale (AFAIAIAH), Import/Export Broadline Foodservice Distributors (AFAIAAAH)

Keywords

• Fresh produce import
• Fruit distribution
• Vegetable supply
• Salad supply
• Wholesale produce

Headquarters

HQ city

Rickmansworth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Fresh Produce Sales: DG Imports generates revenue through importing and selling fresh fruit, salads, vegetables, and exotics to retail, wholesale, catering, and food service customers. The company operates on a transactional model, procuring produce from grower partners worldwide and selling to business customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

D G Imports is a wholesale fresh produce importer and distributor that procures and supplies exotics, fruits, salads, and vegetables to UK retail multiples, wholesale markets, catering companies, and food service operators. The company sources produce from partner growers worldwide (including South America, South Africa, India, Morocco, Turkey, and Europe) and from its own farms in Southern Spain, using a UK head office in Rickmansworth and a Spanish subsidiary (DG Imports SL) for direct-supply of salad and vegetable lines. It credit-insures every customer to protect the grower-to-customer financial chain and focuses on year-round availability through multi-hemisphere sourcing.

Product overview

DG Imports is a fresh produce import and distribution company offering a portfolio of four core product categories: Fruit (citrus, grapes, stone fruit, cherries, berries), Salad (lettuce varieties, celery, cucumbers, capsicums, herbs, tomatoes), Vegetable (broccoli, cauliflower, courgettes, spinach, onions, sweet potatoes, butternut squash), and Exotics (fine beans, mangetout, sugarsnap peas, babycorn, lemon grass, asparagus, chillies). The company operates as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform—customers procure fresh produce across these categories, with supply sources strategically switching between Northern and Southern hemispheres, Spain, Morocco, Kenya, and other regions to ensure year-round availability. Founded in 1995, the company supplies wholesale, retail, catering, and food service sectors and maintains offices in the UK and Spain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fruit Wholesale supply of fresh fruit to UK retail, wholesale, catering, and food service customers. Range includes citrus (12-month supply switching between Northern and Southern hemispheres), grapes (South Africa, Chile, India, Egypt, Spain, Italy), stone fruit such as peaches and nectarines (Spain, Italy), cherries (Europe plus the UK), and berries including blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries.
• Salad Wholesale supply of fresh salad produce sourced primarily from Spain during the Spanish campaign (September/October transition onward), with varieties including iceberg lettuce, cos lettuce and little gem, celery, cucumbers, capsicums, coriander and mint, and tomatoes (round and cherry) mainly from Morocco.
• Vegetable Wholesale supply of fresh vegetables including Spanish-grown broccoli (packed in Spain, ice-covered and wrapped for UK transport), cauliflowers, courgettes, spinach, year-round onions sourced across hemispheres, sweet potatoes (Egypt and Spain), and Portuguese/Spanish butternut squash.
• Exotics Wholesale supply of exotic and speciality fresh produce including fine beans (Kenya, Egypt backup), mangetout and sugarsnap peas (Kenya, Egypt and Guatemala backup), babycorn and lemon grass (Kenya, Thailand), Peruvian and Mexican asparagus transitioning to UK-grown in season, and Kenyan Red and Mixed Bird Eye chillies.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DG Imports SLcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2006Spanish subsidiary company established in December 2006 to widen the company's portfolio with direct-supply based salad and vegetable business. This partnership achieved greater economies of scale in both buying power and logistical approach, strengthened customer and grower relationships, and provided clearer understanding of their changing requirements while developing a more cost-effective and efficient direct source of supply.
• Individual Growers (Global Partnership Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong partnership of individual growers who understand customer needs and can focus at short notice on meeting requirements across quality, fair prices and delivery. Growers located in South America, South Africa, India, Morocco, Turkey, and Europe.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenyard: Belgian-headquartered European market leader in fresh, frozen, and prepared produce. Comparable to DGI through its pan-European fresh fruit and vegetable sourcing and distribution, particularly across retail and foodservice channels, though at much larger scale.
• Bakkavor Group: UK-based leading provider of fresh prepared foods ( salads, fruit, vegetables) to retail and foodservice. Comparable in customer base (UK multiples, foodservice) and fresh-produce handling capability, though Bakkavor focuses on prepared/value-added rather than commodity import.
• Total Produce (now Dole plc): One of the world's largest fresh produce producers and distributors, formed from the merger of Total Produce and Dole. Directly comparable to DGI as a global fresh fruit and vegetable wholesale/importer with grower networks across multiple hemispheres, though operating at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Fresca Group: UK-based fresh produce supplier supplying retail, foodservice, and wholesale customers with fruit, salads, and vegetables. Highly comparable to DGI in product mix, customer base (UK multiples), and B2B import/wholesale model, though larger in scale.
• Jupiter Group: UK-based fresh produce grower and global supplier of fruit, salads, and vegetables to retailers and food service. Comparable to DGI in grower-ownership model, product categories (citrus, grapes, berries, exotics), and multi-region sourcing strategy.
• Berry Gardens: UK berry supplier sourcing from UK and overseas growers (including imported berries in winter months). Comparable to DGI's berry product line and B2B retail/foodservice supply model, with similar grower-partnership structure.
• Westfalia Fruit: Global avocado and fresh produce supplier with vertically integrated operations across multiple continents. Comparable to DGI through multi-hemisphere sourcing, direct grower relationships, and B2B fresh-produce distribution, though focused primarily on avocados.
• Minor, Weir & Willis: UK-based fresh produce importer and distributor established for over a century, supplying UK retail, wholesale, and foodservice. Highly comparable to DGI in product mix (citrus, grapes, stone fruit, salads), customer base, and import-led distribution model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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