Garper

What Garper does

Garper Fresh S.L.U is a privately held, family-owned Spanish agricultural producer operating from Pradejón, La Rioja, where it runs 8,000 m² of cultivation facilities split between white mushroom, portobello, and seasonal vegetable production. The company was founded in 1980 and is currently led by second-generation family management. Its core operations cover the full vertical chain from cultivation through harvesting, packaging, and labeling, with a portfolio that includes white champignon, portobello, Pleurotus (oyster), and Shiitake mushrooms alongside cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco, and cabbage. Products are sold under three registered sub-brands — Garper Champ, Champiñones Garatea, and Garper Fresh — each carrying GLOBALG.A.P. (GGN) or Chain of Custody (CoC) certifications.

The company operates exclusively as a B2B wholesaler, selling in bulk and in multiple packaging formats (Formato) to food service operators, retailers, and regional distributors within Spain, with distribution handled through direct sales and regional distributors. Pricing is quote-based with no public list prices, and quotes are initiated via phone, email, or website contact. The technology stack is centered on traditional and modern cultivation methods, integrated packaging and labeling lines, a formal quality management system, and a 200 kW photovoltaic installation commissioned in April 2025 that covers approximately 60% of facility energy consumption, partially funded under Spain's Next Generation EU recovery program.

The go-to-market combines a multilingual website (Spanish, English, French) with downloadable PDF catalogs, an Instagram presence (@garper_gp) featuring recipe-based content, and direct account-driven sales. Marketing and brand-building is light and oriented toward awareness rather than lead capture. There is no disclosed headcount, no external funding, no disclosed revenue, and no AI/ML capability evidence; the company operates as a traditional, regionally focused wholesale agricultural producer with sustainability-focused capital reinvestment.

Name

Garper

Legal name

Garper Fresh S.L.U

Website

https://garper.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Garper Fresh S.L.U is a family-owned Spanish agricultural producer founded in 1980 that cultivates, packages, and wholesales mushrooms and seasonal vegetables from an 8,000 m² facility in Pradejón, La Rioja, selling B2B to food service operators, retailers, and distributors in Spain under three certified sub-brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Mushroom Cultivation

NAICS

Mushroom Production (111411), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (42448), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (424480)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Mushroom & Fungi Production (Indoor/Protected) (AFAGAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mushroom Farming (Button, Oyster, Shiitake) (AFAGADAJ), Ingredients, Spices & Culinary Supplies Distribution (CRAOABAK), Specialty & Gourmet Foods Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAI)

Keywords

• Mushroom production
• Fresh produce wholesale
• Mushroom cultivation
• Seasonal vegetables supply
• B2B produce distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Pradejón

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Fresh Produce Sales: Production and commercialization of fresh mushrooms (white champignon, portobello) and seasonal vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco, cabbage) sold at wholesale to food service, retailers, and distributors. Products are sold in various formats with own-brand labels including Garper Champ, Champiñones Garatea, and Garper Fresh.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Garper cultivates, packages, and wholesale-distributes fresh mushrooms (white/button, portobello, oyster/pleurotus, shiitake) and seasonal vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco, cabbage) from facilities in Pradejón, La Rioja, Spain. The company sells these products on a B2B basis to food service operators, retailers, distributors, and food processing companies, supported by GLOBALG.A.P. (GGN) and Chain of Custody food safety certifications.

Product overview

Garper is a Spanish agricultural company specializing in the own production, packaging, and wholesale commercialization of mushrooms and seasonal vegetables. The company operates a 8,000 m² cultivation facility in Pradejón, La Rioja, producing White Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus), Portobello Mushrooms, Pleurotus (Oyster) Mushrooms, and Shiitake Mushrooms. Seasonal vegetables include Cauliflower, Broccoli, Romanesco, and Cabbage. Garper offers products under three sub-brands: GARPER CHAMP, CHAMPIÑONES GARATEA, and GARPER FRESH. The company sells products in various packaging formats (Formato) for wholesale distribution, with over 40 years of experience led by second-generation family management. The portfolio is organized around two main categories: mushrooms (champiñón blanco, champiñón portobello, seta pleurotus, seta shiitake) and seasonal vegetables (coliflor, brócoli, romanesco, repollo), each available in multiple packaging format options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Garper Champ: Cultivation and packaging of mushroom products.
• Champiñones Garatea
• Garper Fresh

Products and services

• White Mushroom (Champiñón blanco) Fresh cultivated white button mushrooms (Champiñón blanco) produced and packaged at Garper's 8,000 m² Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Portobello Mushroom Fresh cultivated Portobello mushrooms produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus) Fresh cultivated oyster (Pleurotus) mushrooms produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Shiitake Mushroom Fresh cultivated Shiitake mushrooms produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Cauliflower Fresh seasonal cauliflower produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Broccoli Fresh seasonal broccoli produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Romanesco Fresh seasonal romanesco produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.
• Cabbage Fresh seasonal cabbage produced and packaged at Garper's Pradejón facilities, sold wholesale to food service, retail, distribution, and food processing buyers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200 kW photovoltaic capacity covers approximately 60% of company energy consumption

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Dole plc: Dole plc is one of the world's largest fresh produce companies operating across fruit, vegetables, and mushrooms globally. Its European fresh produce division overlaps with Garper's category footprint and serves the same major food-service and retail customers.
• Monaghan Mushrooms: Monaghan Mushrooms is the largest mushroom producer in Europe, operating large-scale cultivation facilities across Ireland, the UK, and continental Europe. It competes with Garper in mushroom production and supply to European retail and food-service buyers, though at far greater scale.
• Highline Mushrooms: Highline Mushrooms is the largest mushroom grower in Canada and a major North American producer operating own cultivation and packaging facilities. Comparable to Garper in operating model (cultivation + packaging + wholesale) though serving different geographies.
• Bonduelle: Bonduelle is a France-headquartered global leader in processed and fresh vegetables with substantial Spanish operations. While broader in scope (canned, frozen, fresh), its fresh vegetable segment directly competes with Garper's brassica lines in European retail.
• Greenyard: Greenyard is a Belgian global market leader in fresh, frozen, and prepared fruit and vegetables. Its long-term supply contracts with major European retailers overlap with Garper's B2B fresh produce distribution model across food service and retail channels.

Direct peers

• Grupo Riberebro: Riberebro is a Spanish vertically integrated fresh produce group with a dedicated mushroom division (Hongos Riberebro) that cultivates, packages, and distributes mushrooms and vegetables to wholesale and retail channels across Spain, mirroring Garper's own integrated model.
• Champinter: Champinter is one of Spain's largest mushroom producer cooperatives based in the same La Rioja/Aragón region as Garper, operating its own cultivation and packaging for white mushroom and other varieties sold to food service and retail — a directly comparable Spanish mushroom producer.
• Hongos Fernández: Hongos Fernández is a Spanish specialist mushroom grower and packager producing cultivated and wild mushrooms for wholesale distribution, sharing Garper's core focus on champignon and specialty mushroom categories for the Spanish food-service market.

Regional players

• Patatas Meléndez: Patatas Meléndez is a leading Spanish fresh produce specialist with national wholesale distribution, including vegetables. While focused on potatoes, it operates a similar B2B wholesale fresh produce model and shares retail and food-service customer channels with Garper in Spain.
• Hortifrut: Hortifrut is a Chilean-headquartered global berry and fresh produce company with European operations. While primarily berries rather than mushrooms or brassicas, it shares a vertically integrated producer-to-wholesale model and competes in the same European fresh produce supply landscape as Garper.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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