SH Pratt’s Procurement & Technical team make regular trips to the


farms to ensure the fruit is grown to the highest quality, and where employees working conditions match that of the fruit, not forgetting the welfare of the local wildlife. Over the years, the company has diversifi ed and moved with the


times. Robert said: “T e world is very diff erent from the one my father


started in, there were no supermarkets back then. We have grown and adapted with the changing times, taking control over diff erent aspects of the business and now we’re one of the leading distributors in the sec- tor, with the biggest single ripening operation in the UK, if not Europe. “We are proud of our relationships with our customers, it’s a collabo-


rative relationship where we equally support and rely on one another.” As its position in the retail world changed, SH Pratt added its own


distribution arm, Kinship Logistics, and Halo. “Kinship Logistics as a separate entity was important,” said Robert. “Firstly, having our own distribution network meant we understood


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