Nationwide Produce PLC is one of the largest, longest established, and most diverse produce companies in the UK.
What do we do? Well, just about everything in fresh produce. We grow it, we grade it, we pack it, we trade it, we import, and we export.
Nationwide Produce started life as Bernard O’Malley & Sons, in Lancashire, back in 1975. So, we’ve been in business for nearly 50 years and we’re still a family-run and family-owned business.
Group turnover for the financial year 2023-24 was a record £186m. Our customers are in every sector of the market; food service, catering, processing, wholesale, export, and retail – and want to be able to buy a full range of vegetables, fruit and exotics from around the world every day. We provide this service to over 1,000 customers throughout Europe, every day of the year.
Whether you’re a caterer or a processor; whether you require potatoes or pomegranates – we’re here to serve you!
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History
Nationwide opens its doors
1975
Name change
1985
Spalding Office opens
1988
Broadacre Foods established
1991
Richmond Farms established
1991
Vitaal Europe is launched
2004
Grower Group formed
2006
Vitaal Exotics Division launched
2007
Nationwide Espana is launched
JANUARY 2009
Vitaal Europe Emmen Office opens
FEBRUARY 2009
Belfast Depot and Office opens
MARCH 2009
Solvit Handling division launched
JANUARY 2011
Long Sutton opens. Anglia Growing Partnership launched
SEPTEMBER 2013
Vitaal Fruit is launched
MAY 2015
New Spalding Office
2017
New depot and office in Evesham
JANUARY 2018
New Business and Office in Dublin
2021
New Office and Cold-Storage Facilities in Almeria
2021
Depots in key European hubs
FUTURE
Meet the Board
Through continuous growth and development, the Nationwide Group has been able to record an increase in turnover from £2.5m in 1988 to £186m in 2024.
Along the way, the Group has won many accolades including the Independent newspaper award three years running as one of the fastest growing companies in the UK, the Fresh Produce Consortium Award, and the Sunday Times export award no less than three times.
“We have recently been certified as A Great Place to Work, with 90% of employees saying when you join the organisation, you are made to feel welcome. The most important part of the survey is it highlights areas of improvement, ensuring we continue to create the best employment environment possible for the Nationwide Produce team.”
Tim O’Malley – Group Managing Director
If I wasn’t in produce I’d like to be….. managing my much beloved Everton FC
Tim O’Malley
Chairman
If I wasn’t in produce I’d like to be…. a better golfer by day and a restaurant reviewer for The Sunday Times at night!
Patrick O’Malley
CEO
If I wasn’t in fresh produce I’d like to be…..a beer taster!
Anthony O’Malley
Group Director
If John could go back in time: Concert at the MK Bowl back in 1986.
Simple Minds, The Bangles, The Cult, The Waterboys among others.
Blazing hot, cold beer, a few chums.
Halcyon Days
John Mann
Group Director
If I wasn’t in fresh produce I’d like to return to being a professional Jockey, although I wasn’t very successful at it.
Phil Johnson
Group Director
If I wasn’t in produce I’d like to be….Sales Director for the Tourist Board of my home town Grimsby – easiest job in the World!!
David Noton
Group Director
If I wasn’t in fresh produce… I would of liked to add to my Four Rugby Union Caps for Tanzania
Scott Hollins
Group Director
If I wasn’t in fresh produce…
I would like to run for prime minister
Will Clayton
Group Director
If I wasn’t in fresh produce I’d like to be…. a marathon runner… despite the fact I’ve been doing it for years and my knees are shot!
Mike Murray
Group Financial Director
What four items would you take to a desert island? No question!
Solar panel, big TV, satellite and my Real Betis t-shirt, Go Betis!
Rafa Lopez
MD Nationwide Espana
If I wasn’t in fresh produce I’d like to be….. finding a cure for gout!
Ian Thornhill
MD Vitaal Europe
If I wasn’t in fresh produce I’d like to be…..the owner of Matalan so I could buy even cheaper clothes.
Steve Armstrong
Director
