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 The indispensable tool of the fruit & vegetable business
• Controlling logistics
Capable of providing just-in-time, all the time: D+1hr receipt of a semi-trailer of fragile produce, D+48hr delivery of a pallet to a customer. Providing distribution across Europe in a record time.
• Controlling flows
Providing the consumer every day the year round with the fresh fruit and vegetables that he wants (over 180 references). Providing permanent dissemination and distribution of fruit and vegetables to all the countries of Northern, Western and Eastern Europe. Diversification in the produce, more areas of procurement, the selling of produce out of season allow continuous supplies to be maintained.
•Guaranteeing a good quality/price ratio
Guaranteeing customers the best quality/price ratio every day, the fruit of the experience and known-how of professionals
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 A privileged situation in Europe
Saint-Charles International has all the main logistics resources indispensable to receiving and deconsolidating its products :
Air
5 minutes from the city centre, an international airport, with a freight centre perfectly suited to the requirements of fruit and vegetable logistics.
Road
The Roussillon region, crossroads of the main road and rail communication routes. A natural passing point by road or rail for Spanish fruit and vegetables on their way to Europe.
Rail
Perpignan-Saint-Charles station, the most modern station in Europe, adjacent to Saint-Charles, serves the main national and European markets with high-speed trains. It handles 92% of the national fruit and vegetable traffic.
Sea
25km away, Port-Vendres, the closest port to Africa, capable of receiving all produce from overseas.
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Flexible working practices, ability to adapt.
The specificity of Saint-Charles, is just-in-time working. The companies are capable of supplying just-in time, all the time, all the fruit and vegetables possible, thanks to their flexible working practices and ability to adapt.
Considerable product know-how
The companies at Saint-Charles offer their customers considerable product know-how. They are an extraordinary source of new ideas thanks to the great diversity of the origins and varieties of fruit and vegetable. |
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Companies able to regulate flows
Thanks to a unique network based on new technologies, the companies at Saint-Charles are the disseminators of information on fruit and vegetable for the whole of the business, downstream and upstream.
A guarantee of quality
The companies are guarantors of the quality of the fruit and vegetable. Indeed they have signed a Quality initiative validated by the DGCCRF and recognised by the European Union. |
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A veritable hothouse of qualification and social advancement
Without any financial help, Saint-Charles has created 2,500 jobs in an exceptional social climate, at the heart of a French Departement with a high rate of unemployment. At Saint-Charles, young people can benefit from a true long-term training tool. | | | | |
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 An active interface with pooled projects recognised by the DATAR: traceability, quality, food safety.
The administrative centre which houses the 2 bodies is in charge of promoting the emergence and development of the pole of competitiveness that Saint-Charles International represents, by pooling the companies' efforts on a number of themes and strategic issues such as quality, traceability, food safety, cleanliness, communication. | |
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A rigorous private organisation
Saint-Charles International is an entirely private, autonomous site...
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Exceptional advantages
Dynamic companies, an active interface, a permanent distribution hub...
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Selling periods
Tables of fruit, vegetables and citrus fruit by month ...
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