1898
Harry and Percy Burgess begin growing vegetables in East Anglia and running a fruit and vegetable shop in Richmond, London.
1946
Russell Burgess Ltd was established to pack and market fresh fruit and vegetables.
1999
A joint-venture growing operation was formed between Las Lomas and the Produce World Group in 1999.
2000
Russell Burgess merges with Sutton Bridge Ltd to form Solanum Ltd.
2014
TIO and Fenmarc Roots division based at Swinderby acquired; strengthening position in key markets
2015
Major investment in our Sutton Bridge and Isleham sites.
2018
Trading as Burgess Farms, we restructured into two divisions, Burgess Farm Produce and RBOrganic.
2019
We successfully secured 100% of Waitrose potato supply in the UK.
2023
We brought all roots packing under one roof in order to maximise efficiency and reduce carbon footprint of despatch.
2023
We agreed a three year supply deal in roots with Lidl.
We work with our stakeholders to grow the roots and organic vegetable market, drive consumption through inspiring customers with speciality and premium varieties and communicating the health benefits of fresh vegetables.
We inspire our customers by developing and delivering new organic and speciality products satisfying their demand for quality, choice and taste.
We leverage our unique expertise in conventional and organic sustainable farming and growing and provide thought leadership to the Regenerative Farming movement by building a bridge between the best of organic farming practices with new and future innovation and technology.
We ensure that our own farming heritage background is complementary to our growers, leveraging these relationships, by proactively building supply chain resilience and mastering technological advances to deliver the best quality and service excellence for our customers.
We develop our people to be the best they can be, providing learning and development opportunities, growing our own and cultivating talent.
We ensure that our own farming heritage background is complementary to our growers, leveraging these relationships, by proactively building supply chain resilience and mastering technological advances to deliver the best quality and service excellence for our customers.
We develop our people to be the best they can be, providing learning and development opportunities, growing our own and cultivating talent.
