In the ware potato trade, Polder Potato and Q-potato are exploring a collaboration to increase scale and efficiency. The potential merger is intended to boost costs and sales. Read more about collaboration in the potato trade.
The trading houses are investigating the extent to which a merger would yield benefits. Although the investigation has just started, expectations for a collaboration are high. The companies operate geographically close to each other.
Through economies of scale, the parties believe they can offer more value to suppliers, customers, and employees. They expect synergy benefits by, among other things, working more efficiently and improving cost control.
Polder Potato is, among other things, the preferred supplier of Agria potatoes for fresh fries at snack company Febo, which has 86 outlets. The company was started in 1991 by the Kodde family and has been operating under the name Polder Potato since 2018.
Q-potato was formed in 2014 from the merger of ATF Potato and Q-potato Holland. ATF Potato specialized primarily in ware potatoes and seed potatoes in Northwest and Eastern Europe. Q-potato Holland was mainly active in Southern Europe and North Africa with seed potatoes and table potatoes.