Cuadraspania

What Cuadraspania does

Cuadraspania, S.L. is a privately held, family-founded Spanish agricultural producer headquartered in Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería. The company specializes in the cultivation, packaging, and direct distribution of premium leafy vegetables — primarily three escarola (endive) varieties (Frisée Fina, Rizada, Lisa), complemented by Cogollos (baby lettuce hearts), Alcachofa Violeta (purple artichoke), and Lollo Rosso — all sold under the O'Delice brand. Production is vertically integrated across more than 800 hectares distributed across multiple climate and altitude zones in southern Spain, enabling year-round (365-day) supply of escarola and a seasonal artichoke harvest from November to March. The company produces over 12 million pieces of escarola annually and positions itself as the European market leader in Frisée endive.

Operationally, Cuadraspania runs an integrated production-to-delivery platform with its own seed nursery, advanced irrigation, APPCC-based food safety controls, and exhaustive farm-to-customer traceability (every box carries a traceability code). It holds five major international certifications — IFS Food, Global GAP, Global GRASP, Leaf Marque, and Sedex — which together underwrite eligibility to supply European supermarket chains and processors. The company processed and packaged in its own packing center, with internal transport between farm sites.

Go-to-market is direct B2B sales to three customer segments: the restaurant/Horeca trade (year-round fresh produce), fourth-range/fourth-gamma processing factories (raw escarola for ready-to-eat salads), and supermarket retail chains (O'Delice-branded fresh produce, including value-added formats such as 'Corazones de Escarola Rizada' and the award-winning 'Corazones de Alcachofa Frescos'). Distribution spans Spain and export markets in France, England, Poland, Hungary, and Switzerland. Revenue is generated through one-time wholesale/spot sales of physical produce to a diversified B2B customer base; no pricing is publicly disclosed, and the company has no external funding, M&A activity, or public listing.

Name

Cuadraspania

Legal name

CUADRASPANIA, S.L

Website

https://cuadraspania.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cuadraspania is a family-owned Spanish producer of premium leafy vegetables (escarola, lettuce hearts, purple artichoke, Lollo Rosso) sold under the O'Delice brand, with 800+ hectares of own production and direct B2B supply to restaurants, supermarkets, and fourth-range processors across Spain and five European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Produce

NAICS

Vegetable and Melon Farming (11121), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (42448)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Asparagus, Artichoke & Specialty Vegetable Farming (Asparagus, Artichokes, Celery, Okra) (AFAGADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fresh-Cut & Value-Added Produce (Washed, Peeled, Sliced, Packaged) (AFAKAFAA), Foodservice / HORECA Produce Wholesale (AFAIACAI)

Keywords

• Fresh produce farming
• Endive cultivation
• Leafy vegetables
• Purple artichoke production
• Horticulture production

Headquarters

HQ city

Almanzora

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fresh Produce Sales: Direct sales of company-grown escarola (Frisée, Rizada, Lisa), violet artichoke, lettuce hearts, and Lollo Rosso to restaurants, supermarkets, and food industry customers across Spain and Europe.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cuadraspania produces, packages, and markets fresh leafy vegetables—primarily escarola (endive) varieties, Alcachofa Violeta (purple artichoke), lettuce hearts (cogollos), and Lollo Rosso—grown in Almería, Spain. The company supplies year-round produce to European supermarket chains, HoReca operators, and fourth-range (pre-prepared) food factories, and distributes consumer-facing packaged products under the O'Delice brand.

Product overview

Cuadraspania is an agricultural company specializing in fresh produce, operating as a vertically integrated producer and distributor with over 800 hectares of own production. The company's core portfolio consists of escarola varieties (Escarola Frisée Fina, Escarola Rizada, and Escarola Lisa) alongside complementary products including Cogollos/Corazones de Cogollos, Alcachofa Violeta, and Lollo Rosso. All products are marketed under the O'Delice premium brand, with production available year-round (365 days) and distribution spanning national and European markets (France, England, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland). The company leads the European market in Fine Frisée escarola with over 12 million pieces annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• O'Delice: Primary commercial brand for Cuadraspania's product line, used for endive and artichoke products. Signifies quality and is presented as a hallmark of the company's offerings.

Products and services

• Escarola Frisée Fina

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 12 million escarola pieces produced annually, making company the European market leader in Frisée
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Hortiespaña (Interfresa): Spanish inter-professional organisation for fruit and vegetable producers, representing and coordinating many of the same Almería-based growers that compete with Cuadraspania in European fresh produce markets.
• Surinver: Spanish cooperative of fresh vegetable producers serving European retail and wholesale; regional competitor with overlapping leafy greens and specialty vegetable lines, primarily exporting from southeastern Spain.
• Alhóndiga La Unión: Spanish fresh produce auction and wholesale operator sourcing from Almería growers; competes indirectly with Cuadraspania as a distribution channel and alternative supplier to retail and food-service buyers.

Broad incumbents

• Bonduelle: Global leader in processed and fresh vegetables, with deep presence in canned, frozen, and fresh-cut formats across Europe; competes with Cuadraspania in leafy greens, prepared salads, and Horeca supply at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• Florette (Agrial): Europe-wide fresh-cut salad and leafy vegetable brand, part of French cooperative Agrial; competes directly with Cuadraspania in fourth-range packaged salads and supplies many of the same supermarket and food-service accounts across France, Spain, and the UK.
• Vicente Peris: Spanish specialist in artichokes and other fresh vegetables with multi-decade heritage; competes most directly with Cuadraspania in the purple artichoke and value-added artichoke categories in Iberian and European retail.
• Vicasol: Almería-based fruit and vegetable producer and packer with similar export footprint into European markets, offering competing leafy greens and specialty vegetable supply to retail and wholesale channels.
• Primaflor: Spanish producer of leafy greens and fresh-cut salads based in Almería, directly competing with Cuadraspania in escarola, baby lettuce, and prepared vegetable categories for European retail and food-service buyers.
• Unica Group: Spanish cooperative of fruit and vegetable growers exporting to European retailers; competes with Cuadraspania for fresh produce shelf space and food-service contracts out of Almería and adjacent Andalusian production regions.
• Fresh Factory: Spanish producer and packer of leafy greens, sprouts, and fresh-cut salads serving European retail; comparable scale and product mix to Cuadraspania's fourth-range ready-to-eat leafy vegetable offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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