Worldwide Fruit supplies Jazz apples to the UK mults
Worldwide Fruit experienced a double-digit sales bounce in 2020 due to Covid-19, according to its latest accounts filed at Companies House.
The major supplier of fruits to the mults saw turnover grow by 38% (£61.8m) to £222.8m in the 53 weeks to 2 January 2021. Operating profit remained relatively flat as a proportion of revenue at 1.8% – £4m – compared with 1.9% in the previous period. That was despite a Covid-related drop in efficiency, added import costs and an increase in labour costs, with Worldwide hiring 70 new workers to maintain full availability to customers
The Lincolnshire supplier put its positive performance down to winning new contracts with the mults over the past 12 months, in the wake of increased demand due to Covid-19.