Our story · Est. 1948
From a few acres of Lincolnshire silt to one of the largest onion packers in the UK. Still family-owned, still no external shareholders, still obsessed with doing one thing better than anyone else.
BROAD LANE, MOULTON / 52.79° N, 0.08° W
Around 25% of the UK supermarket onion volume is carefully selected at our site in Moulton.
Our family values still ring true today. We never compromise on the quality of product or service; when an order is made, we deliver. But do not mistake heritage for standing still. Technology and forward thinking have always been at the forefront of everything we do, and many of the developments the market now takes for granted originated in Moulton.
Fresh garlic, shallots, echalion shallots, skinned onions and prepared red onions were all introduced to UK supermarkets by us. The way onions are dried and cured, and the way you see them presented on shelf in form-fill packaging, both carry our fingerprints.
The timeline
Every era added a layer to this business. Scroll to peel them back to where it started.
SEASON 01 / 10, 1948
One acre in South Lincolnshire
The late Gilbert Oldershaw MBE begins farming with his brother Henry on a one-acre plot at Moulton. Flowers and bulbs first; the crop that will define us comes later.
Family, for the long term
No external shareholders and no quarterly-earnings treadmill means we can back ten-year bets: automation, storage, research and people. Being a small family business also keeps us lean and flexible, able to make quick decisions and react fast when our customers need us to.
3
Generations
£90m
Turnover
340
People
Our values
O
Outstanding
in everything we grow, pack and ship
N
Nurture
our land, our people, our growers
I
Innovate
at the frontier of agricultural technology
O
Openness
with our customers, growers and each other
N
Never Settle
perfection is the standard, not the slogan