Nationwide Produce has been recognised as one of the fastest-growing international companies in the UK.

The company was the only fresh produce business to feature in the 2011 Sunday Times International Track 100 published on 8 May, ranking at number 46.

Group MD Tim O’Malley said: “This is recognition of the fantastic growth we have achieved in international sales in the past two years, which grew from less than £6 million in 2008 to nearly £17m in 2010. This equates to an average increase per annum of 79 per cent. As a business, we adopted a strategy to develop our European business in sales and procurement and that planning has really paid dividends.”

Nationwide grows, grades, packs, buys and sells fresh produce. It has some 600 customers worldwide in the retail, foodservice, wholesale and processing sectors.