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Technical Consultancy to the Food & Fresh Produce Industry

Vision To deliver added value, high quality and sustainable technical

consultancy to the global food and fresh produce industry.

Strategy Provide technical advice across the global food and

fresh produce industry.

Execution Aim to build the business organically underpinned by expertise,

trust and hard work.

Experience - Countries• Europe – UK, Spain incld Canary Is,

Italy incld Sicily, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Greece & Portugal.

• Africa – Morocco, Egypt, Sth Africa• Middle East – Israel• America’s – USA, Honduras

Experience - Crops• Field Vegetables- brassicas, alliums, roots, legumes, leaf, sweet corn, potatoes, exotics• Protected Salads and Vegetables- tomato, sweet pepper, chili,

cucumber, aubergine, courgette• Fruit- banana, pineapple, mango, soft fruit & stone fruit

Experience – Standards & Systems• GlobalGap

• Red Tractor Assurance• M&S – F2F (Cat 0-2)• Waitrose Farm Risk

Assessments• McDonalds GAP

• LEAF• Tesco - Nurture

• BRC – Global Food Std• Retail & Food Service

customer protocols

• HACCP• Food Safety• Traceability

• Quality Management• Specifications

• Packing site design• COSHH• SEDEX

• Crisis Management

How can FreshTec help your business?Roles

 • Account management• Project manager• Auditor• Customer liaison• Relationship development

Expertise • Short to medium term interim Technical Management cover• IPM / crop protection strategy & pesticide management and usage (BASIS Qualified)• UK/overseas crop production• Post harvest crop handling and packing• Audits and site preparation (farm/packing standards) – M&S F@F, Tesco Nurture, Waitrose Farm Standards• Training of staff (Quality, Pesticide management)• Quality system design and implementation• NPD/EPD & varietal development (first to market product launches)• Varietal trials (development and monitoring)• Retailer knowledge and focus• Category positioning and management• Product benchmarking and organoleptic studies• Spanish speaking Logistics • Mobile (able to visit multiple sites across UK and Rest of the World)• Flexible (Fixed daily and half-daily rates, hourly rates by negotiation)• Responsive (able to work to tight deadlines at short notice, and able to react quickly to key changes within the business and wider market)

Membership 

• Associate member of Fresh Produce Consortium, AHDB Hort and the Vegetable Consultancy Association.

• Member of British Cucumber Growers Association and the British Pepper Technology group (Chairman).

• Associate member of MacTavish West Consulting in Tasmania, Australia.

Who have we worked with?

What our customers say..Working with FreshTec has enabled our company to strategically develop our protected salad

portfolio. Richard has showed exceptional knowledge in this area of the seed industry. His assistance and enthusiasm going forward will enable us to further improve our offer to UK

and overseas based customers. – James Hatherill – Tozer Seeds European Sales Director

Having parachuted Richard into our business to carry out consultancy work we were not disappointed with his efforts. Richard showed enthusiasm and professionalism as well as

ensuring that the work was carried out on time and on budget. - Nick Laister DPS Technical Director

We have worked with Richard on a range of projects and have found his services add value to our business as well as being professional, timely and accurate. His input and

suggestions have helped us enhance our technical agenda and will in future, ensure that Barfoots continues to meet its customer requirements and develop its supply base.

– Keston Williams Barfoots of Botley Technical Director

Contact detailsRichard H. Binks - B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D., MBPR

Tel: +44 (0) 1480 456976Mob: +44 (0) 7881 206963Email: info@freshtec.co.ukWeb: www.freshtec.co.ukSkype: freshtec.rb1Twitter: @FreshTecBinksLinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/richard-binks/4a/766/213/