terms for eatable flush from South Africa have always been unchanging , according to Jürgen Hubounig , managing director of Zimpelmann Select - Fruit GmbH & Co. KG . " In the airfreight industry , every undivided item is depend at , in other quarrel : how the tariff of the item-by-item flight develop from hebdomad to workweek . Prices from both South Africa and Israel have remained stable so far . During the pandemic , however , price levels changed massively as tumid amount of masquerade and medicine were transported . Air freight from Asia was then suddenly between 50 and 70 percent more expensive . However , the situation is back to a normal degree . "
Hubounig took over the company in 2013 from the Zimpelmann family , who antecedently ran the company for 20 years .
Jürgen Hubounig and Nicole Hubounig
High need for flower mixturesHe also used to offer edible blossoms from Israel , but he says he only focuses on good from South Africa . " Since we sell a slew of miniskirt - vegetables from South Africa , we imported the eatable flowers directly with them , " Hubounig say .
The green goods is available year - orotund . " Flower commixture " and viola are among the most sought - after merchandise , with rose petal being very popular on Mother ’s Day as well as Valentine ’s Day . However , the corking interest group is in the bloom mixture , which are sold in various tray formats to wholesalers , but also to diminished retail memory . For particular asking , we also sell single varieties in various container and size . "
The flowers from South Africa are marketed in boxes of eight trays , each with different sizing units . " Some major client purchase the flush from us toward fall , which is when their own production comes to an terminal . In the process , we also sell bulk packages of 400 to 500 g. "
Main sale with flight goodsThe principal business organization for the Cologne - based company , however , is importing products such as bean and sugar snap pea from Kenya and mangoes and papaya from Peru , Mexico , Brazil , the Dominican Republic , and other countries , he state . " For decades , our suppliers have market our commodity with the in - sign of the zodiac , legally protected brand ' Select . ' The flower business still took a larger contribution when we collaborate forthwith with food retailers . Especially at Christmas , a mass was sold in this line of business , but we have since discontinue it because it was no longer potential to establish a effective partnership with them . "
As a upshot , he says , he is concentrating on sale to wholesale market place and C&C stores in Germany and Austria . Certainly , our goods also reach solid food retailer again via our sweeping customer . But that is no longer our unmediated focus , " Hubounig explains . " We mainly use rider carpenter’s plane to spell our goods , which fell back from the countries of blood line without freight , which is also reflected positively in the CO2 balance . In addition , this fashion , we can also well support farmers and bargainer in the countries of origin . "
gross sales in restaurants and hotelsDuring the pandemic , he suffer a 15 to 20 percent drop in sale . " Our client floor can be found in a wide variety of region , which also more or less carry a ' redistribution ' function . One of our customers from the Allgäu neighborhood , for example , supplies just about all the top hotels and top restaurants in his region . So we do n’t just have major customers in metropolitan areas like Hamburg , Berlin , and Munich , but also customers who target fantabulous emptor from the respective regions , " says Hubounig .
" Kitchens hardly have the clock time to properly prepare fresh green groceries due to staff shortages , among other things . Therefore , our ready - to - cook products of high quality are purchased , with which the cooks fundamentally only have to take the commodity out of the plate and put them into the pile or genus Pan because the strings and such are also removed by us beforehand . "
range from Zimpelmann Select - Fruit GmbH & Co. KG
For more data : Jürgen HubounigZimpelmann Select - Fruit GmbH & Co. KGRaderberger Str . 20250968 , KölnTel . : +49 ( 0)221 - 36 79 47 0Fax : +49 ( 0)221 - 36 79 47 99Email:[email protected]https://www.select - fruit.de
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