Speciality Produce Limited (SPL)
Paul Nicholls is an experienced executive in the fresh produce sector, currently serving as Chief Executive Officer at Speciality Produce Limited since April 2024. Nicholls has held various managerial roles, including General Manager at FreshPLUS and Fresh Produce Consultant at PNFP LTD. Previous positions include Managing Director at Newmafruit Ltd. & Newmafruit Farms Ltd., Interim Managing Director at Vitacress Sales Ltd, and Interim General Manager at Wm. Morrisons Bananas Ltd. Additional experience includes roles as Interim Project Manager at Global Pacific Europa S.L., European General Manager at Fruit Growers Alianza Ltd, and Commercial Director at Total Produce Plc and Brinkmans Nurseries Ltd. Nicholls holds a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Warwick and a BA (Hons) in Economics from Nottingham Trent University.
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Speciality Produce Limited (SPL)
Speciality Produce Limited is a Producer Organisation. Our mission is to create and maintain profitable and sustainable markets for our members' products. We are a grower-owned horticultural co-operative, formed in 1998, to allow growers to control their own marketing and access PO Funding. Our members, based throughout the country, use leading-edge growing techniques to produce a wide range of soft fruit, salads, and herbs, for supermarkets and food service companies. At Speciality Produce Limited, we strive to: • Place our members' products onto these markets in the most effective manner. • Create, develop, and maintain an industry-leading technical function. • Reduce the production costs of our members' crops. • Concentrate supply where possible to reduce costs and strengthen the market position of Speciality Produce Limited. • Promote an environmentally responsible approach to the production, packing, distribution, and marketing of our members' products.