It closed its twentieth year of business with a respectable result: 25 million in turnover and an increase of 21 percent over the previous year. And it aims to confirm the turnover levels also for the current year even if the market conditions have changed a bit.
It is, in short, the latest result of Agromonte, a company of Chiaramonte Gulfi in the province of Ragusa created in 2000 by Carmelo Arestia, who since 1970 with the Monterosso Agricultural Company has been dealing with fresh fruit and vegetables and semi-finished products for large canning industries and his wife Ida , which is the true keeper of the recipe for sauces and passata based on cherry tomatoes and datterino tomatoes. Since its inception, Agromonte has chosen to refine traditional tomato processing techniques by adapting them to the logic of cutting-edge industrial processes, while always keeping faith with the times and methods typical of artisanal practices handed down by Sicilian families. Today, next to the main office (a factory of 20 thousand square meters), two other new plants of 9 thousand square meters each are under construction, which will allow the start-up of new production lines. At the end of 2020, the Ragusa company launched the Pargolosi line, the first datterino sauce designed for children, alongside marketing initiatives on the company website with an online game.
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A great growth, that of this agri-food company which is considered a true excellence: growth that began in 2008, the year in which the ready cherry tomato sauce is launched on the market with which a new market segment is inaugurated, of which Agromonte “He is proudly the pioneer.” Over the years, Carmelo and Ida’s four children joined the company: Giorgio, Marco, Giusy and Miriam. In total, Agromonte, between employees and collaborators, employs 120 people. «Although the pandemic has changed some lifestyles, especially those on the table, a physiological decline in the red market was expected and the 2021 data, in progressive terms, are, in fact, in contrast with the previous year. This trend, however, did not affect our sales which confirm, in contrast, a positive and double-digit trend »says Miriam, who is in charge of communication and marketing in the company. «The control of the supply chain is one of our strengths – explain the company -. With the land owned by us we are able to cover more than 50% of the company’s needs and about 80% of the processed tomato is zero kilometer, which allows the tomato to be processed within a few hours of harvesting while maintaining a fresh taste and organoleptic properties almost intact. “.
Also on the foreign front, the data are encouraging. Agromonte continues its internationalization path, recording good performances and entering new markets.
These results are the result of a company strategy that aims at the search for the best quality and innovation: 70% of Agromonte’s production is sold nationwide, the remaining 30% worldwide and mainly in Europe, the USA, but also Australia. , Japan, Middle East.