Univeg acquires Empire World Trade
Fruit and vegetable supplier UNIVEG announced the finalization of acquisition of Empire World Trade, a U.K. fruit importer and distributor.
"The business reasons for this acquisition are in line with UNIVEG’s continued strategic focus and development of the UK market place. This is an opportunity to provide an added dimension to our product portfolio," UNIVEG said.
"Going forward the joint businesses will be known as UNIVEG UK and will be managed by Alan Forrester and Mike Harpham, as Joint Managing Directors. David Pratt, as former Managing Director of EWT, will become a Director of UNIVEG UK."
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