Altena Potatoes

Altena Potatoes

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Agrico, Leo de Kock and Nedato join forces for ware potatoes.
Altena Potatoes is a family business of the brothers Joop and Kees Schouten and Eddy (4th generation), the son of Kees.

Altena Potatoes mostly supplies potatoes to wholesalers and packers. They sell to supermarkets and market vendors.

Their company has been around for almost 90 years and after many years in Wijk en Aalburg, they moved in 2017 to their new, spacious building at Veensesteeg 15 in Veen.

Here they have 8 loading docks, 5 cold stores for storage, and a weighbridge (up to 70 tons).

They have a sorting and packaging line, a potato washer, and storage bunkers.

News for this Company

New potatoes in short supply, so Maltese potatoes most welcome
April 11, 2023

New potatoes in short supply, so Maltese potatoes most welcome

The Dutch company Altena Potatoes received its first full truckloads of Santé potatoes.
Netherlands
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Big demand for import potatoes in the Netherlands.
June 13, 2021

Big demand for import potatoes in the Netherlands

It's a good season for import potatoes in the Netherlands. More people are cooking at home. That's undoubtedly contributing to this, as are the 'old' potatoes deteriorating quality.
Netherlands
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First new potatoes on Malta harvested
March 25, 2020

First new potatoes on Malta harvested

Kees Schouten, from Altena Potatoes: 'The question is how the market will respond to new potatoes in these turbulent times'.
Malta
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Netherlands: Despite high price there is a lot of demand for potatoes.
October 24, 2012

Netherlands: 'Despite high price there is a lot of demand for potatoes'

The mood in the Dutch potato market still remains good, according to potato exporter Altena: "Despite the high prices, there is still a good demand,"says Kees Schouten of Potato Wholesale Altena.
Netherlands
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