Surdive

What Surdive does

Surdive is a privately held French company that has operated since 1952 from a single facility in Réville, in the Manche department of Normandy. The company selects, conditions, packages, and ships fresh vegetables sourced from regional producers practicing reasoned agriculture to professional B2B clients. Its core service offering centers on grading (agréage), washing, calibration (calibrage), sorting (triage), and packaging (conditionnement), plus custom logistics solutions tailored to each client. Distribution covers both the domestic French market and international export channels.

The product portfolio comprises 13 fresh vegetables: carrots, turnips, leeks, green, red, white, and Romanesco cabbages, cauliflower, parsnips, celery, broccoli, parsley, and potatoes. Sourcing is concentrated in Normandy's recognized vegetable-growing areas including Le Mont St Michel, Val de Saire, and Créances. Underlying operations are conventional agricultural processing — physical handling, grading, sizing, and packaging — with no proprietary technology stack, digital platform, or automation systems disclosed. All output is backed by GlobalG.A.P. Chain of Custody certification, the FEL (Filière Economique et Légumière) self-control quality approach approved by the DGCCRF, and the Saveurs de Normandie regional label administered through AREA Normandie.

The business model is B2B wholesale with custom packaging and logistics solutions negotiated directly with each client; no public pricing exists. The customer segment is wholesale buyers and distributors requiring consistent quality, traceability, and reliable supply-chain solutions. The company operates with 1-10 employees from its headquarters at 26 rue de la Brenotterie, 50760 Réville. No digital channels, applications, or e-commerce interfaces are offered; commercial outreach is limited to the company website, an email newsletter, and direct contact with two named individuals (Nathalie and Elodie). No funding, M&A, or external investment activity is disclosed, and ownership is private and owner-operated.

Name

Surdive

Legal name

Surdive

Website

https://surdive.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Surdive is a French privately held B2B wholesale company that conditions, packages, and ships fresh vegetables from Normandy producers to professional wholesale clients in domestic French and export markets, with continuous operation since 1952.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Réville

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Surdive is a French vegetable conditioner and wholesale shipper based in Normandy. The company grades, washes, sizes, sorts, packages, and ships 13 types of fresh vegetables to wholesale buyers and distributors in France and international export markets. Operating from Réville in the Manche department, Surdive provides end-to-end produce conditioning and shipping services backed by industry certifications including GlobalG.A.P. Chain of Custody and Saveurs de Normandie.

Product overview

Surdive operates as a vegetable conditioning and shipping company based in Normandy since 1952, offering a portfolio of 13 fresh vegetable products sourced from local producers. The core offering centers on fresh produce including carrots, turnips, leeks, various cabbages (green, Romanesco, cauliflower, red, white), parsnips, celery, broccoli, parsley, and potatoes. Beyond product sales, Surdive provides conditioning services encompassing grading (agréage), washing, calibration (calibrage), sorting (triage), and packaging (conditionnement) of vegetables. The company also offers logistics and shipping solutions, constructing tailored solutions for each client in terms of both packaging and logistics. All products are backed by GlobalG.A.P. Chain of Custody certification and Saveurs de Normandie quality commitment, with produce sourced from producers practicing reasoned agriculture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Vegetable Conditioning Service
• Wholesale Produce Shipping and Logistics

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Saveurs de NormandiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional quality certification program. The company is committed to respecting origin, quality, taste, and societal engagement through this partnership.
• AREA NormandiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional federation membership. The company adheres to origin, quality, taste, and societal commitment standards through this association.
• Secours PopulaireminorOthersLocal charitable partnership where Surdive provides ongoing support to this association helping those in need.
• FEL (Filière Economique et Légumière)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuality approach entirely based on self-control, approved by public authorities (DGCCRF convention) and supported by the professional federation. Developed to meet the specificities of the sector and consumer expectations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Cultures d'avenir: Normandy-based producer and packer of organic and reasoned-agriculture field vegetables. Closely comparable to Surdive on geography and product mix, differing primarily on a more pronounced organic positioning.

Others

• Markal: French producer and distributor specializing in organic and regional grains, legumes and vegetables. Not a direct conditioner/wholesaler of the same products, but a thematically adjacent French regional food operator sharing Surdive's reasoned-agriculture positioning and B2B distribution model.
• Saveurs de Normandie: Regional quality label of which Surdive is a member via AREA Normandie. Other certified member companies (small regional producers and packers) constitute a comparable peer cohort on certification, regional branding and B2B distribution of Norman-origin food products.
• Bretagne Plants: Breton vegetable sector technical institute supporting seed, plant and fresh produce operators. Not a direct competitor, but an ecosystem peer representative of the regional vegetable industry bodies Surdive engages with through AREA Normandie and FEL.

Broad incumbents

• Bonduelle: Major French-headquartered vegetable group operating across canned, frozen and fresh segments. While Surdive is pure fresh and much smaller, Bonduelle is the dominant French player competing for the same wholesale and foodservice vegetable customers.
• Agrial: Large French agricultural cooperative with a significant fresh produce division (Priméale for fresh vegetables, Florette for prepared). Operates broadly across farming, beverages and produce, overlapping with Surdive in B2B fresh vegetable supply but at much greater scale and across more product categories.
• Eureden: Large Breton agricultural cooperative (formerly Triskalia/ Cecab) with significant vegetable, egg and prepared-food operations. Overlaps with Surdive on fresh produce conditioning and wholesale supply to French retail and foodservice.

Direct peers

• Perle du Nord: French endive growers' cooperative selling washed and packaged endives under a regional brand, similar in size and cooperative-style B2B model to Surdive. Comparable on regional French provenance branding, washing/conditioning services and wholesale distribution.
• Florette: Agrial's brand for fresh, washed and packaged ready-to-eat salads and vegetables. Directly comparable on the conditioning/washing/packaging service line that Surdive also performs (lavage, calibrage, triage, conditionnement) for B2B clients.
• Prince de Bretagne: French vegetable growers' cooperative marketing a broad range of fresh field vegetables (cauliflower, artichoke, tomato, etc.) to wholesale and retail channels. Closely comparable to Surdive in core activity: conditioning, grading and shipping fresh produce from regional growers to B2B customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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