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Supply

Flamingo operates a balanced, vertically integrated supply model which provides significant advantages.

Vertical integration through world class owned farms and supply chain, balanced with strong added value supply partners.

  • Around 35% of Flamingo flowers and 30% of vegetables by volume are sourced from their own large scale, well-located and invested farms in Kenya and South Africa, providing significant advantages:
    • Sourcing security (assurance of supply, traceability and quality / sustainability credentials)
    • Control over product cost
    • Deep product knowledge, leading to innovation, product differentiation and customer intimacy
  • The Group is an industry leader in bringing high quality, sustainably produced cut flowers and fresh produce to market whilst providing complete control from farm to supermarket shelf
  • Trillvane, the Group’s in-house freight forwarding logistics business, provides dedicated 24/7 airfreight logistics management and capabilities
  • Flamingos’ balanced supply model also incorporates long-term sourcing partnerships with a global network of virtually integrated third party suppliers and outgrowers
  • Complementary supply base covers Africa, Latin America and Europe, as well as the UK for seasonal products
  • Geographic diversity enables Flamingo to offer its customers a comprehensive portfolio of the highest quality products on a consistent year-round basis
  • Farming & Sourcing
  • Primary packing operations
  • Inbound Logistics
  • European packing operations
  • Warehousing and distribution

Flamingo farms
Wide range of flowers and produce grown using best practice farming techniques (eg computer controlled hydroponics)
Flowers and herbs grown undercover to minimise weather risk
Products picked and chilled as quickly as possible on-site to maximise shelf life

Third party suppliers
Global network of flower and produce growers across 30 countries

  • Flower packing facilities (on every farm) plus 2 purpose-built produce packing facilities on Ibis and Kingfisher farms
  • Low cost “packed at source” model for straight lines, simple bouquets and produce (pre-packed and prepared mixes)
  • Products can be prepared, packed, bar-coded, processed and shelf-ready on departure from the farm
  • Refrigerated lorries (combination of owned and outsourced) transport products to Nairobi international airport
  • Flamingo Horticulture has agreed an exclusive, long-term freight handling agreement with Kuhne Nagel Trillvane logistics in Kenya, enabling the business to manage vertically integrated control, 24/7 of all freight to the UK and Europe.
  • Once in Europe, products are delivered through outsourced logistics providers to processing facilities for conditioning and quality control
  • 3 large flower facilities and 1 produce facility in the UK, plus 1 facility near Frankfurt airport in Germany
  • Packing for bouquets, added value products (including D2C) and produce mixes, as well as consolidation of imported products to meet customer orders
  • Flexible production lines create over a million bouquets weekly
  • Computer-controlled stock and production with full traceability management
  • Finished products stored on-site in the UK, Netherlands and Germany in temperature controlled warehousing prior to dispatch
  • Strategic relationships with third party storage providers utilised during flower peaks
  • Contracted third party deliveries to customer depots via long term haulage partners

Our Unique Supplier Base

Purple: Flowers. Green: Fresh Produce

Fast facts

41.5m

Flamingo flower stems delivered
(Valentine’s Day period, 2017)

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