Emmett Farming Group

What Emmett Farming Group does

Emmett Farming Group is the family-owned parent organization of A.H. Worth & Company Limited, a UK fresh produce producer established in 1895 in Holbeach Marsh and headquartered in Fosdyke, Spalding. The company farms, packs, and markets a defined range of vegetables — principally leeks, spinach, kale, and Cavolo Nero — through its Worth Farms (Produce), Worth Farms, European Farms (Emmett Farms), and Fresh Fosdyke sub-brands. A significant share of raw material is produced locally on company-owned farms, providing vertical integration from field to packed product.

The company sells exclusively through B2B channels, serving four horizontal customer segments: retail chains, foodservice operators (restaurants, hotels, hospitals, caterers), wholesale distributors, and food manufacturers requiring fresh vegetable inputs. Distribution is direct, single-country, and domestic UK-focused, with supplementary European production through the Emmett Farms brand. Pricing and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. The business is privately held under family stewardship, with Alex Boughton serving as Managing Director, and operates with 251-500 employees.

The business model is straightforward one-time-sales of fresh produce at unit-volume pricing into commercial channels, with no disclosed technology platform, software product, or recurring revenue component. Marketing presence is limited to a corporate website, social media via Linktree, and a dedicated careers portal. The company maintains a Modern Slavery Statement consistent with UK regulatory expectations. No AI, proprietary software, or data-driven product capabilities are referenced; the company is positioned as a traditional, vertically integrated agricultural producer rather than a technology-enabled agribusiness.

Name

Emmett Farming Group

Legal name

A.H. Worth & Company Limited

Website

https://emmettuk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Emmett Farming Group (trading as A.H. Worth) is a UK family-owned fresh produce producer founded in 1895 that grows, packs, and supplies leeks, spinach, kale, and Cavolo Nero to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers via vertically integrated company-owned farms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Produce

NAICS

Vegetable and Melon Farming (1112), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (42448), Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Fresh Vegetable Wholesale (AFAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Baking Ingredients & Mixes Wholesale (Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Improvers) (AFAIAFAD), Fresh Produce Wholesale (Fruit & Vegetables) (AFAIABAE), Fresh Produce Distribution (CRAOABAB), Fresh-Cut & Value-Added Produce (Washed, Peeled, Sliced, Packaged) (AFAKAFAA), Asparagus, Artichoke & Specialty Vegetable Farming (Asparagus, Artichokes, Celery, Okra) (AFAGADAI)

Keywords

• Fresh produce supply
• Vegetable farming
• B2B produce distribution
• Food manufacturing supply
• Agricultural products

Headquarters

HQ city

Spalding

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fresh Produce Sales: Revenue generated through the sale of fresh vegetables including leeks, spinach, kale, and Cavolo Nero to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers. A significant portion of raw materials are produced locally by their own farms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Emmett Farming Group (operating as A.H. Worth & Company Limited) is a farming, packing, and marketing company that grows and supplies fresh vegetables including leeks, spinach, kale, and Cavolo Nero. A significant portion of raw materials are produced locally by the company's own farms, and produce is delivered to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers in the United Kingdom.

Product overview

Emmett Farming Group (operating as A.H. Worth) operates a multi-site agricultural business producing fresh vegetables. The portfolio consists of Worth Farms (Produce) as the primary vegetable product line, Worth Farms for general agricultural operations, European Farms (Emmett Farms) for European operations, and Fresh Fosdyke as a location-based fresh produce brand. The company delivers fresh produce including leeks, spinach, kale, and Cavolo Nero to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers, with a significant portion of raw materials produced locally by company-owned farms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Worth Farms: Produce operations growing vegetables including leeks, spinach, kale and Cavolo Nero.
• Fresh Fosdyke
• Emmett Farms

Products and services

• Worth Farms (Produce) Primary fresh vegetable product line delivering leeks, spinach, kale, and Cavolo Nero to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers.
• Worth Farms Core farming operations producing a variety of vegetables with a significant portion of raw material produced locally by company-owned farms.
• European Farms (Emmett Farms) European farming operations under the Emmett Farms brand, extending agricultural production capabilities across Europe.
• Fresh Fosdyke Fresh produce brand associated with the Fosdyke location, providing fresh vegetables to retail, foodservice, wholesale, and food manufacturing market channels.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenyard: Belgian-headquartered, pan-European fresh, frozen and prepared produce group with substantial UK operations. A larger incumbent competing for the same retailer shelf-space and foodservice contracts Emmett serves, but with broader category breadth across Europe.
• Dole plc: Global fresh produce group (formed via the Total Produce / Dole combination) with significant UK and European presence. A broad incumbent overlapping Emmett's vegetable, salad and foodservice supply categories but operating at global scale with a wider portfolio.

Direct peers

• Barfoots of Botley: UK fresh vegetable grower and processor with vertically integrated farming, packing and value-added operations serving UK retailers and foodservice. Directly comparable to Emmett's Worth Farms and Fresh Fosdyke operations in scale, customer mix and category scope.
• G's Fresh: One of the UK's largest vertically integrated fresh produce growers and suppliers, producing and packing a broad range of salads, vegetables and root crops for the same retail and foodservice customers as Emmett Farming Group. Operates farm-to-customer similarly to A.H. Worth but at greater scale across multiple categories.
• Cobrey Farms: Herefordshire-based asparagus and specialty vegetable grower supplying major UK grocers and foodservice operators. Mirrors Emmett's specialty-leafy positioning and direct-into-retail grower-shipper model, though smaller in scope.
• Berry Gardens Growers: UK soft-fruit and produce cooperative supplying major grocers. While focused on berries, it shares Emmett's cooperative-style vertically integrated model and UK retail customer base, making it a comparable counterpart for category and channel positioning.
• Worldwide Fruit: UK-based apple, pear and top-fruit grower-marketer supplying major UK retailers. Operates the same farm-grower-plus-marketing hybrid model as Emmett and overlaps on the B2B fresh-produce sales motion into UK grocery.
• S&A Produce (Hortus): UK-based soft-fruit and fresh produce grower supplying retail and foodservice. Comparable to Emmett as a UK producer-led, multi-channel fresh produce operator with a similar reliance on retailer programmes.
• T H Clements & Son: A UK-based grower-packer specialising in brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, kale, sprouts) and salads — directly overlapping Emmett's Cavolo Nero, kale and spinach lines. Serves the same UK retailers and foodservice operators from a comparable vertically integrated farm base.
• Wye Valley Produce: UK grower-packer of brassicas and leafy salads supplying major UK retailers. Closely comparable to Emmett in farming-plus-packing activity, customer mix and the brassica/specialty leafy focus (including kale-family lines).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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