Sugal Group
Cristina Lopes Pereira currently serves as the Iberia Quality & Sustainability Director at Sugal Group, where responsibilities include leading Quality and Sustainability across three Iberia plants with direct reporting to the board. Previously, Cristina held the position of Quality Manager, overseeing a team focused on Food Safety, Quality Systems, and Customer Complaints, aiming for continuous improvement and standardization of quality practices. Prior experience includes a role as Quality Assurance Manager at McCormick & Company, managing quality teams in various areas and participating in project management and crisis management initiatives. Cristina started their career as a Quality Control Technician at Heinz Foods SA. Educational qualifications include a degree in Food Technology and Processing from Escola Superior Agrária and ongoing postgraduate studies in Hygiene and Safety at SGS Portugal.
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Sugal Group
Established more than 60 years ago, Sugal Group is nowadays one of the largest tomato paste and fruit purées producers worldwide, although, it remains a family business. The continuous growth has been a result of a team effort along these five decades, a permanent investment on the latest technology, and our team keen attitude through a vertically controlled process that offers quality and sustainability guarantee from seed to plate. At Sugal Group we bring the natural freshness and flavors from the tomatoes and fruits to every product we produce which will be used in various ways from soups, sauces or juices consumed around the world. Sugal Group can add value to every supply chain by giving: FRESHNESS - we harvest with just in time delivery. So our consumers can get the freshest tomatoes and fruit purées. TASTE - our five locations worldwide have been chosen by the quality of fresh material we can harvest. TRUST - we have high-quality standards and we guaranteed food safety to our clients. With two tomato season per year, we ensure higher availability of a fresh product.