This month, trade magazine ‘Primeur\/Freshplaza’ published an interview with two of our board members: Dammis van der Staay and Matthijs Vlasblom.<\/p>\n
How was 2023 for you in your business and private life? <\/strong><\/p>\n Matthijs: “It\u2019s been a good year in which we managed to achieve substantial growth in both volume and sales.”<\/p>\n Dammis: “Moreover, I\u2019ve been in the midst of winding down my activities and handing over to the new management team. As a family, we chose to continue the business with a new management team, which has been in place for about a year now. The family is pleased with the way things are currently going.”<\/p>\n What are the biggest challenges facing your business? <\/strong><\/p>\n Dammis: “Cost increases compounded by regulatory pressure. That\u2019s a huge challenge.”<\/p>\n Matthijs: “Product availability (climate change!) and staff shortages also play an important role. After the pandemic, market shortages were really problematic, but now we\u2019re back to a good level. However, there are still certain positions that are difficult to fill.”<\/p>\n What will you definitely be doing differently in 2024? <\/strong><\/p>\n Matthijs: “We\u2019re satisfied with the past year. We\u2019ll continue the course we have set into 2024.”<\/p>\n Who should we really interview in Primeur in the new year?<\/strong><\/p>\n A politician from the Hague. Maybe then we, as a company operating in the potato, vegetable and fruit sector, can better understand why certain rules and subsidies exist and why some measures are taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This month, trade magazine ‘Primeur\/Freshplaza’ published an interview with two of our board members: Dammis van der Staay and Matthijs Vlasblom. How was 2023 for you in your business and private life? Matthijs: “It\u2019s been a good year in which we managed to achieve substantial growth in both volume and sales.” Dammis: “Moreover, I\u2019ve been […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,54,349,60,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foodservice-en","category-industry-en","category-sustainability","category-trade-en","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n