De Weide Blik, the holding company for Belgium-based Univeg, has revealed that the group's turnover rose €700m for the full-year of 2008, up to €2.7bn from the €2bn recorded the previous year.
Meanwhile, profit at Europe's largest privately-held fruit distributor fell from €50m to €39m last year, according to the group.
As part of the figures, results from ex-Chiquita German subsidiary Atlanta were included in just five months of the financial year. In 2007, Atlanta posted a turnover of US$950m (€676m), while restructuring is expect to cost around €18.5m, according to Univeg.
In April, De Weide Blik revealed that it had raised new capital through subordinated loans worth€192.42m thanks to the injection of profits by CVC Capital andFood Invest, owned by Univeg chief executive Hein Deprez.
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