The natural choice

Alfred G Pearce is a second generation family owned business, now run by brothers Simon and Jonathan Pearce. Established in 1959 to service the needs of the canning industry, the company has developed into a fully integrated operation involved in growing, processing and marketing vegetables for Food Manufacturers in the UK and through Europe, handling over 70,000 tonnes of products annually. 2700 acres are sourced and grown by Alfred G Pearce or by our Partnership Growers through the UK, Europe and New Zealand.

The Telegraph 1000: Britains Brightest Businesses - Alfred G Pearce

Alfred G Pearce have been listed in the Telegraph 1000 article, published on Sunday September 11th. They have been chosen as one of 'Britain's Brightest Businesses' within Food and Agriculture. Complied with the help of NESTA, the innovation agency which identified fast-growing companies and business information specialist Dun & Bradstreet, they identified 1000 Private and Alternative Investment Market-listed companies with sales of between £5m and £500m which have all shown resilience during the recession and stuttering recovery and which are set to be the foundation of the UK's recovery.

New Appointment: Jack Pearce

We are pleased to announce that Jack Pearce, son of Simon Pearce will be joining the company in September 2011. As a Graduate of Business and Marketing at Newcastle University, Jack will be developing a range of locally sourced products to be marketed to local food service, restaurant and the hotel trade. Jack is a water sports enthusiast and keen amateur cook and recently became a finalist in ITV’s ‘Britains Best Dish’ where he championed Norfolk Beef and Produce.

New Appointment

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Les Maltman as Technical Manager of Alfred G Pearce. Les joins us having spent many years working within the fresh produce industry and will strengthen and support our current Technical and QC team.

BBC Radio 4, Farming Today and Radio Norfolk

Such was the concern of the drought in East Anglia, Simon Pearce and Chris Chapman featured in the Radio 4 Farming Today programme and on radio Norfolk in May to discuss the issues and concerns facing growers in the region.

Alfred G Pearce 24.09.28 - 26.04.11

It is with regret we announce that our Business founder Alfred G Pearce died peacefully at his home in Shouldham on 26th April 2011 aged 82.

Direct from the field

Crops are processed direct from the field, within a purpose built processing centre in Norfolk. Vegetable washing, grading and storage, through to final preparation and
packing is all undertaken under one roof
with full traceability control from
seed to factory production
line and dispatch.